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The First Five Hundred 



The First Five Hundred 

Being a historical sketch of the military operations 
of the 

Royal Newfoundland Regiment 

in Gallipoli and on the Western Front 
during the Great War (1914-1918) 

Together with the individual military records and 

photographs where obtainable of the men of 

the first contingent, known as the "The First 

Five Hundred," or "The Blue Puttees." 



By 
RICHARD CRAMM 



Published by 

C. F. WILLIAMS & SON, INC. 

Albany, New York, U. S. A. 

Ail rights reserved 



LliKARY OF CONGRESS*" 

APR 241922 

DOCUMENT* l, v 3ION 



Preface 

THIS volume has a twofold purpose. The first is to chronicle briefly 
the military operations of the heroic, fighting battalion that repre- 
sented Newfoundland among the gallant and victorious troops of the 
British Empire in the greatest war of history, and to illustrate its persistent 
gallantry and splendid achievements by reference in each chapter to con- 
spicuous individual heroism. The second pirrpose is to put in compact 
form and within reach of the public the individual military records of the 
first contingent which embarked from Saint John's on the most solemn 
duty that has ever been thrust upon our country. The latter purpose 
has been greatly facilitated by the data available.at the Militia Depart- 
ment. The task of procuring individual pictures' "of the men of the first 
contingent, which would add meaning and individuality to each record 
has, however, been a most difficult one. Only slightly, less difficult has 
been the task of getting proper, information regarding the various engage- 
ments in which our Regiment took part. The work has necessitated 
scores of interviews, and a continual search for scraps of information 
wherever it could be found. This work does not profess, however, to 
be a detailed record of the whole of the movements and a complete descrip- 
tion of every engagement of the Regiment. Many readers may be for 
tunate enough to be able to supplement, some of the descriptions or move 
ments with interesting information already in their possession. These, 
however, will be comparatively few. The hope is that the information 
contained herein will become general, especially among the young people 
of our country, who, when reading of heroes and heroic accomplishments, 
will not forget the heroes of their own country. 

R. C. 




SERGEANT RICKETTS, V. C. 



PRIVATE T. RICKETTS 

PRIVATE T. RICKETTS was awarded the VICTORIA CROSS for most 
conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty on October 14, 1918. During 
the advance from Ledgehem the attack was temporarily held up by 
heavy hostile fire, and the platoon to which he belonged suffered severe 
casualties from the fire of a battery at point blank range. Private Ricketts 
at once volunteered to go forward with his Section Commander and a 
Lewis Gun to attempt to outflank the battery. They advanced by short 
rushes while subject to severe fire from enemy machine guns. When 300 
yards away, their ammunition gave out. The enemy, seeing an oppor- 
tunity to get their field guns away, began to bring up their gun teams. 
Private Ricketts at once realized the situation. He doubled back 100 
yards, procured some ammunition and dashed back to the Lewis gun, 
and by very accurate fire drove the enemy and their gun teams into a 
farm. His platoon then advanced without casualties, and captured 
four field guns, four machine guns and eight prisoners. A fifth field gun 
was subsequently intercepted by fire and captured. By his presence 
of mind in anticipating the enemy intention and his utter disregard for 
personal safety, Private Ricketts secured the further supplies of ammuni- 
tion which directly resulted in these important captures and undoubtedly 
saved many lives. 




SIR RICHARD ANDERSON SQUIRES, K. C. M. G., PRIME MINISTER 




Hon. Alex Campbell, M.D. 

Minister of ^ricc//fure&Mir>e5 



Hcn.W.W.Halfyard 

Minister of Posts &Te/egraph^ 




SIR E. P. MORRIS (NOW LORD MORRIS) 
Who was Prime Minister of Newfoundland at the out- 
break of the great war and quickly rallied Newfoundland 
to the aid of The Empire. 




JOHN R. BENNETT, ESQ. 
Who was Colonial Secretary of Newfoundland at the 
outbreak of the war. He later became the first Minister 
of Militia. 




LIEUTENANT-COLONEL (REV.) THOMAS NANGLE 

Newfoundland's Representative on the Imperial War 

Graves' Commission. 



PART I 

Historical Sketch of the Military Operations of the 
Royal Newfoundland Regiment 






CHAPTER I 



From Saint John's Through Gallipoli 

When the great war-cloud burst over the world in August, 1914, New- 
foundland was engrossed in her peaceful occupations. From a military 
standpoint no country could be in a state 
Newfoundland unprepared of greater unpreparedness. Such various 
for a military emergency. Church organizations as the Methodist 
Guards, the Highlanders, the Church Lads' 
Brigade and the Roman Catholic Cadets had very little resemblance to 
a modern military organization, though their ranks became rapidly de- 
pleted by the enlistment of the Regiment. And even those organizations 
were confined to Saint John's. In the outports there was no group or 
body of men either in the nature of a military or social organization that 
could render any assistance as a unit in preparing to fight an enemy. 

From the standpoint of immediately available untrained men the 
country was scarcely more prepared than in military organization. It 
was the time of every year when almost the entire country is engrossed 
in the prosecution of the cod fishery. Large numbers of men were scat- 
tered along the Labrador coast, far from the excitement and anxiety 
caused by the international cloudburst. And others, a greater number, 
were engaged in the same work at their homes around the entire Island. 
They were engrossed in a means of livelihood that could not be put off 
for a month, or even a week, but a kind of work upon the success of one 
brief week of which the happiness of the family for the entire year might 
depend. At any time of the year from October to May the response to a 
national call would have been many times as great. 

The Government, however, lost no time in taking suitable action to 
meet the emergency. On the eighth of August Governor Davidson wired 

the Secretary of State as follows: "Ministers desire au- 
Government thority to enlist special men service abroad by land and 
action. sea. Ministers undertake to raise force of Naval Reserve 

by October 31st to 1000 efficient men available for naval 
service abroad for one year and are willing to meet all local expense. 
Several hundred with efficient local brigade training offer for enlistment 

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for land service abroad. Believe that 500 could be enlisted within one 
month. Propose to induce serviceable men between 18 and 35 years to 
enroll themselves in training for home defense wherever corps instructors 
are available. These will form material for further drafts." On the 
following day the Secretary of State replied to Governor Davidson: "Your 
telegram of August 8th. His Majesty's Government gladly avail them- 
selves of offer of your Government to raise troops for land service abroad. 
Will telegraph later as to Naval Reserve." For the purpose of making 
good our offer, a preliminary meeting was held on the afternoon of the 
tenth of August in the Executive Council Chamber, and was presided 
over by the Prime Minister, Sir E. P. Morris. Besides the Prime Minister 
there were present at that meeting the Colonial Secretary, Mr. J. R. 
Bennett; Lieutenant-Commander MacDermott of the H. M. S. Calypso; 
Inspector General Sullivan; Captain Wakefield, M. D., of the Legion of 
Frontiersmen; Major Hutchings of the Methodist Guards' Brigade; 
Lieutenant -Colonel Rendell of the Church Lads' Brigade; Lieutenant- 
Colonel Patterson of the Highlanders; Major Carty of the Catholic Cadet 
Corps: Captain Goodridge and Captain J. W. Morris of the Rifle Club. 
On Wednesday night, August 12, a public patriotic meeting was held in 
the C. L. B. Armory, the purpose of which, as stated by Sir E. P. Morris 
(now Lord Morris), was to endorse what the Government had already 
decided on. The enthusiasm of the meeting left no doubt that the public 
endorsation of the Government's action was unanimous. 

During the following week patriotic meetings were held for the purpose 
of getting together an efficient organization that would be responsible 
for the immediate development of a military force. The public spirit 
ran high. While public excitement, and, in consequence, confusion, 
would have been more pronounced, the spirit of unselfish patriotism and 
of resistance of a brutal and militaristic enemy could not have been greater 
if the enemy were at the entrance of Saint John's harbor. On August 21, 
a proclamation was issued by the Governor-in-Council calling for 500 
volunteers. If the patriotic meeting of the twelfth lacked anything in 
the way of demonstrating the public endorsation of the Government's 
action that was unquestionably supplied by the public response during 
the days immediately following the issuing of the proclamation. By the 
thirty-first of August over 500 had offered their services, mostly from 
the stores and offices of the Capital City. It is significant that con- 
siderably more than half of these hailed from the city brigades. On 
September 3, the second day of the Legislative Session, Governor David- 
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son informed the Prime Minister that in response to a telegraphic message 
he (Governor Davidson) had replied saying that "the Newfoundland 
Regiment is now 800 strong and going under canvas. Contingent of 500 
will be ready to start on the first of October." 





No. 1 TENT AT PLEASANTVILLE, 1914 

Being the first ten men to take the oath. 

Standing, left to right: W. H. Janes, J. Thompson, N. Patrick, M. Sears, J. Long. 

Sitting, left to right: J. Irvine, R. Andrews, G. Langmead, J. Carter, R. Williams. 

This tent produced 4 Commissioned Officers, 1 Warrant Officer (1st class), 1 Warrant Officer 

(2nd class), 3 Sergeants, 1 Private. 




The action which had already been taken by the Governor-in-Council 
received the necessary legislative sanction by the enactment on Sep- 
tember 4 by the General Assembly, which met on September the second, 
and was again prorogued on the seventh of "AN ACT RESPECTING 

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A VOLUNTEER FORCE IN THIS COLONY." Section 1 of the Act 
provided, that: "The Governor may accept the services of any persons 

desirous of being formed under this Act into a volunteer 
First War corps and offering their services, and upon such acceptance 

Legislation. the proposed corps shall be deemed to be lawfully formed." 

Section 5 provided that: "Volunteers shall be enlisted 
for service abroad and for home defence against the alien enemies of 
the King. Every volunteer shall sign a roll in which the conditions 



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TWO VIEWS OF PLEASANTVILLE MILITARY CAMPS, SEPTEMBER, 1914 






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of his service shall be stated. No person shall be enlisted for a longer 
period than the duration of the war, but not exceeding one year." It 
was the general opinion at that time that one year would cover the 
period for which military service would be required, but we shall later 
see that re-enlistment became necessary while the volunteer force was still 
in training in England and at a time when men of the type of the New- 
foundland force were badly needed to reinforce the troops that were 
operating against the Turks on the Gallipoli Peninsula. 








The month of September was spent in the rudiments of military training 
in Saint John's. The scene created by the hastily constructed military 
camps at Pleasantville will for many years remain fresh in the memories 
of the people of the Capital City. It was an entirely new scene, and one 





LIEUTENANT-COLONEL W. H. FRANKLIN, D. S. O., AND HIS SON. 




of immense importance. The uniforms worn by the first volunteers 
speak adequately of Newfoundland's military preparedness in peace 
times. They remind one of a famous utterance by an American states- 
man when he was opposing any increase in the military forces of the 
United States. "If a foreign foe should invade our shores," he said, 



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"a million of us would rush to the shore and push them into the sea." 
Fortunately it was not the uniforms that counted, but the same high spirit 
of patriotism and courage that carried the Newfoundland Regiment 
through a glorious record. No small amount of credit is due Lieutenant- 
Colonel Franklin whose untiring efforts contributed so largely to the 
success of the initial steps in the formation of the Newfoundland Battalion. 
He gave up his successful business, and devoted his entire energy and 
attention to the training of the first contingent. 

On the fourth of October, the first contingent of the land force that was 
to represent Newfoundland in the Allies' struggle against Central Europe 

set out for England on the H. M. S. Flor- 
First Contingent embarked izel. The event was one which, in point 
for England. of military importance and demonstrated 

national patriotism, was without parallel 
in Newfoundland history. In answer to the call of the Mother Country 
her Oldest Colony had spoken in no uncertain terms. The voice of the 
country was loud and clear, and at no time during the struggle, not even 
when the hardest blow was met at Beaumont Hamel. can there be said 




to have been a note of uncertainty or faintheartedness. Whatever doubt 
there may have been as to the wisdom of the method of raising men, the 
fact that men were to be raised was practically unquestioned, even in 
the more isolated parts where the supreme importance of the situation 




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OFFICERS OF THE FIRST NEWFOUNDLAND REGIMENT, 1915 
Top row, left to right : Tait, Ledingham, Nunns, Wighton, Summers, Rowsell, Goodridge, 

Butler, Wakefield. 

Bottom, left to right: Ayre, Raley, O'Brien, Alexander, Rendell, De-Burton, Carty, 

Bernard, March. 

was not fully realized and hence the spirit of national patriotism not so 
fully aroused. Voluntary enlistment may have been regarded as a plau- 
sible method during the first months of the war when it was almost unan- 
imously believed that the war would be of short duration, but after Lord 
Kitchener's famous prediction it must have been apparent to the enlight- 
ened legislators of that time that the only democratic, fair and systematic 
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method, though more difficult to operate and less tasteful to the politician 
would have been selective conscription. No sentimental argument 
should stand in the way of efficiency and fairness. The United States 
did not for one moment question the loyalty and patriotism of her sub- 
jects, though she had scarcely declared war on the Central Powers before 
she announced a plan of selective conscription. Political expediency, 
especially when international or intercolonial questions are involved, is a 
menace to the right conduct of any country. At the moment that this 
chapter is being written the United States are placing their own sincerity, 
and, indeed, their whole national reputation, at stake by declining to 
support or make any pronouncement on the League of Nations, though 
they themselves brought in the plan to forever prevent the horribleness 
and inhumanity of modern wars. Political expediency versus national 
and international interests, and in all such cases the former generally 
wins. The point is worthy of notice here only because it involves a very 
important principle affecting the conduct of our own Government while 
the question of maintaining a battalion in the field was persistently asking 
for a non-political solution. 

Our concern here, however, is not the particular method adopted for 
raising and maintaining a battalion, but to chronicle briefly the military 
operations of our Battalion with its splendid record of heroism and ability. 
More than ten months were spent at Salisbury Plain, Fort George near 
Inverness, Stobs Camp near Hawick and finally at AJdershot in intensive 
military training, dining which time several other drafts were sent over 
seas which brought the Regiment up to full battalion strength. It will be 
remembered that volunteers were first accepted for a period of one year, 
but at Aldershot, where the last days of training were spent, upon being 
given the alternatives, when reviewed by His Majesty the King and Lord 
Kitchener, of returning home or enlisting for the period of the war prac- 
tically every man accepted the latter alternative. 

It was on the same day, in the early part of August, that Lord Kitchener 
made the pronouncement that the Newfoundlanders were just the men he 
wanted for Gallipoli, and a week later, on the seventeenth 
Selected for of August, they were informed that on that same night they 
Gallipoli. would embark for the Dardanelles. The order went into 

effect, and early next morning the Regiment detrained 
at Devonport and marched on board the converted cruiser, "Megantic,"* 

* See Extracts from the diary of the late Lieut. O. W. Steele at the end of this 
chapter for details. 

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which was to take them to Alexandria. At Alexandria the Regiment 
entrained for Cairo, and on arrival there marched into camp at 
Heliopolis, on the desert about a mile from Cairo. The stay at Cairo 
was brief, only a few days, and the Regiment proceeded to Mudros (Mud- 
ros had been selected as a subsidiary base of the Allies), in Lemnos, from 
which port it arrived at Suvla shortly after 9 o'clock in the evening of 
September 19. 

Before continuing to trace the operations of the Newfoundland Regi- 
ment it is necessary that we understand something of the stage of the 

Gallipoli campaign when our Battalion arrived 
Stage of the there, and the conditions under which it was 

Gallipoli Campaign. fought by the Allied troops. As stated above, 

the port of Mudros, in the historic Island of Lem- 
nos, about fifty miles from Gallipoli, was selected as a necessary subsidiary 
base. Mudros, as far as facilitating the campaign or being in any way 
beneficial to the Allied forces was concerned, was scarcely more than a 
safe anchorage. Quantities of stores, such as ammunition and fuel for the 
ships engaged, could with great difficulty be stored there, but no supplies 
for the troops or the battleships could be purchased there. The Island 
produces comparatively little of what is consumed by its own small pop- 
ulation. Neither did it offer any facilities for loading or discharging, 
so that the work of storing supplies of anything like the quantity required 
involved an enormous amount of incessant and strenuous toil. At Gal- 
lipoli this situation was aggravated and intensified by the fact that the 
work had to be done under the fire of the enemy's guns. When a large 
British transport crossed the English Channel with a load of shells and 
big guns she pulled alongside a commodious pier in a French port, and her 
cargo was rapidly discharged by the use of powerful cranes, with compar- 
atively little manual labor and out of the reach and sound of enemy 
guns. At Gallipoli ships' derricks were used for taking the cargoes from 
the decks and the holes of ships, but there the labor-saving devices of 
scientific invention ended and incessant, arduous toil began. Only the 
troops who actually did the work can fully understand the difficulties 
and the hardships. Probably, however, the greatest difficulty, failure 
in which caused the greatest demoralization and enervation among the 
troops, was in keeping on hand an adequate supply of fresh water to relieve 
the scorching thirst of a whole army. The strip of land occupied by the 
Allied troops offered no fresh water that could with safety be utilized. 
This meant that all the water used by our entire army had to be brought 

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Inspection by Sir William MacGregor, Representing the "Army Council" at the historic event 
of the Newfoundland Regiment receiving its colors, the gift of the "Daughters of the Empire." 





Officiating Clergy representing three denominations, and Lady MacGregor representing the 
" Daughters of the Empire." 

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Lady MacGregor presenting the colors and Lieutenant Fox receiving them on behalf of the 
Regiment, June 11, 1915, at Stobs Camp. 







500 miles. The quantity needed was 80 tons a day. Without fresh 
water in the scorching heat of a Gallipoli summer's day, living on a salt 
meat diet, while engaged in the most strenuous labor,— carrying heavy 
packs and getting large pieces of machinery up trackless hills, — and all 
under the fire of the enemy's guns, created a hardship and mental strain 
which only the men who actually did it can ever fully appreciate. 

It was in the face of these difficulties and others of scarcely less mag- 
nitude that the Gallipoli campaign was carried on from April 25, 1915, 
when the first landing was effected, until the first days of 1916. The 
fighting during May, June, July and the first part of August was very 
severe, and costly in human life. Not only, however, was the German 
boast that the Allied troops would not land settled for all time, but great 
successes were achieved and possession taken of a considerable portion 
of the Peninsula. The record is one of glorious sacrifice and unsurpassable 
courage. The Allied offensive terminated with the failure of the thrust 
at Sari Bair, August 6th-10th. It failed through lack of sufficient men 
and water. The five days' battle on a front of twelve miles had cost the 
Allies almost a quarter of their entire Gallipoli army. Fifty thousand 
men, with large quantities of food and ammunition supplies would be 
required for another attack. It was decided that these should not be 
sent, and after several thrusts during the latter days of August the fighting 
on both sides settled down into trench warfare. 

This, then, is the situation both as regards the nature and the stage 
of the Gallipoli campaign, when, in the early morning of September 20, 
the Newfoundland Regiment landed on the beach 
Regiment Landed at Suvla, and was shelled for the first time by the 
at Suvla. enemy. The beach was piled high with ammunition, 

sand bags, large and small guns and innumerable 
other things that go to make up the equipment of an army. The ground 
inland was very hilly and in some places set with steep clifts, and as our 
men moved off in this direction in small platoons the Turkish shell fire 
became heavier. One officer and eight men of other ranks were wounded 
during the first day. As night came on, under cover of darkness, our 
Regiment marched toward the trenches, about four miles distant, A 
Company taking a position in the support trenches. Each day a new 
company went into the support trenches, and on the 24th A and B Com- 
panies relieved the Worcester and Hampshire Regiments respectively. 
These two regiments with the King's Own Scottish Borderers and now 
Newfoundlanders constituted the 88th Brigade, and formed part of 

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THE LAND OPERATIONS ON GALLIPOLI 

The various beaches where British, Australian and Newfoundland troops 
made landings on the west coast of the peninsula, are indicated as 
" Beach W, " " Beach X, " etc., running north to " Beach Z. " 
Points where some of the severest fighting took place, 
after the cliff on the shore had been surmounted 
were Krithia, Achi Baba, Gaba Tepe, and 
Anafarta. In the earlier operations 
with ships the Dardanelles were 
penetrated almost through 
the Narrows. 





The teach where numerous troops landed. 





Mule Gully, a scene familiar to our men who fought at Gallipoli, 
and typical of the inland approach. 

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Ian Hamilton's "incomparable Twenty-ninth Division." The New 
Zealanders and the 88th Brigade were the principal attacking parties in 
the great effort of August 6th-10th for the all important hill, Sari Bair. 
They won their objective, but the troops that relieved them were attacked 
by an overwhelming force, and the hill was lost, not to be retaken during 
the Gallipoli campaign of 1 9 1 5 . The trenches now held by the 88th Brigade 
were at the bottom of a series of several promontories which lay in front 
of Sari Bair. The promontories ranged from 250 to 600 feet in height, 
and Sari Bair stood majestically in the background about 900 feet high. 

On September 28 the Turks tried several times to take the position held 
by the Newfoundlanders. Their attempts cost them heavy losses and 
ended in complete failures. In order to make any advance in this area 
the Turks had to rise over the crest of the nearest ridge, about 700 yards 
away. Their plan was to attack in mass formation, but as they appeared 
on the crest of the ridge they were subject to a terrific rain of shells from 
the ships in the Bay and the batteries at Suvla. The Newfoundland 
Regiment stood to arms for several hours. They expected at any moment 
the order to advance and engage the enemy, or to have to ward off a strong 
enemy attack. Although the Turks did make an attempt to advance, 
and in great strength, so accurate and destructive was the work of our 
ships and artillery that comparatively few of the enemy were left to be 
held up by rifle fire. No casualties were suffered by our men. 

Practically no attempt was made by the enemy after this time to take 
the position held by the Newfoundland Regiment, and life at Gallipoli 
became monotonous and full of routine. The whole experience was a 
complete disappointment to our men. They went to fight the Turks, 
but, as we have seen, the Allied offensive at Gallipoli was over more than 
a month before the Newfoundland Regiment arrived there. But it- must 
not be concluded that the soldier's life at Gallipoli from this time until 
evacuation was mere play. Quite to the contrary; conditions brought 
about by other enemies were far worse than the Turks were capable of 
creating by military activity. Dysentery and enteric 
Dysentery and spread with amazing rapidity and played havoc with the 
Enteric. ■ entire forces. In front of the trenches held by our men 
were the corpses of hundreds of the enemy. Clouds of 
flies swarmed over these as they decayed in the sweltering heat of the day. 
The same flies preyed on the food and the drink, carrying disease and 
death in their trail. High winds blew the Peninsula sandy soil, which was 
thickly inhabited with disease germs, into the food and the water. The 
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very fine sand, apart from any disease germs carried by it, was claimed 
to be responsible for much of the dysentery. Available hospitals at 
Alexandria, Cairo, and other places were filled with men suffering 
from dysentery and enteric, and, as will be seen from the records of the 
"FIRST FIVE HUNDRED," many of our men were invalided to 
hospitals, some going to England. The vitality of the entire army 
was lowered. Few escaped the disease entirely, and many died from 
its effects. 

Apart from the haunts of disease and extreme thirst, life was scarcely 
more than a daily routine. There was some shelling every day and every 
night, especially when either side showed unusual activity. Machine 
gun and rifle fire formed part of the daily and nightly program; but the 
most effective activity on the part of the enemy was sniping. Every 
possible nook or place of any kind in which they could conceal themselves 
was inhabited by Turkish snipers. Specially did they watch with great 
vigilance any place where drinking water could be obtained, so that any 
of our men who attempted to relieve their maddening thirst was shot 
down by cleverly hidden snipers. One writer, referring to the Newfound- 
land Regiment, says: "The soldiers had come expecting to find war a 
life of excitement. They found it, on the contrary, duller than the most 
dreary spells of lonely life in the back woods of their own island. * * * 
The heat, the hard work, the flies, the thirst, and the intermittent shelling 
combined to tax the nerves and temper of the men to the full." Dullness, 
however, in the outport settlements of Newfoundland, has no resemblance, 
not even in the matter of degree, to the experience of our men at Gallipoli. 
It was dull only in the sense that there was no severe fighting. Disease 
and deprivations created hardships that were too great for human strength. 

As an indication of how the ranks became depleted, 
Sickness Caused although the Regiment sustained comparatively 
Many Casualties. few casualties from the activities of the Turks, up 

to October 1 1 only half of the Regiment was in the 
front line at one time, and its place was taken after six or seven days 
by the other half. From that date it was no longer possible to make such 
a division. The whole Regiment went in together, with the time of relief 
always very uncertain. Usually, however, the period during which they 
were in the front line trenches was double what it had previously been. 
Relief depended upon Imperial troops being available. The only diver- 
sion from digging new trenches and making those already occupied more 
comfortable was in hunting enemy snipers. For this purpose, and also 






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for the purpose of finding out what the Turks were doing, patrol parties 
would go out into No Man's Land every night. 

One of these patrols had a trying experience. On the night of Novem- 
ber 4, a patrol sent out under Lieutenant J. J. Donnelly occupied a 
ridge midway between the 
trenches occupied by the 
enemy and those held by 
our men. From this ridge 
the Turks had been giving 
trouble every night for some 
time. The patrol had scarcely 
reached the ridge before it 
was opposed by the enemy 
who outnumbered our men 
by about seven to one. The 
sound of the firing from the 
ridge indicated to the Com- 
manding Officer that our 
patrol was being attacked, 
and, suspecting that it was 
greatly outnumbered by the 
enemy, he immediately de- 
spatched six men under Lieu- 
tenant Ross and Sergeant 
Greene to reinforce the patrol. 
As this small party was 
slowly making its way across 
No Man's Land it encoun- 
tered a large party of Turks 
who were rapidly surround- 
ing our men who were hold- 
ing the ridge. In the skirmish that followed only Sergeant Greene 
and Private Hynes escaped without being wounded. The coolness, 

resourcefulness and courage with which these two men 
Two Heroic managed the situation could not be surpassed by soldiers 
Parties. of many years active warfare experience. By their rapid 

fire at close range they completely deceived the Turks 
who greatly exceeded them in numbers. The enemy finally retired to 
his own trenches, and the attempt to surround our original patrol was 

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CAPTAIN DONNELLY. 






Caribou Hill, position of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment 
is indicated by square and " C. H ." 








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completely foiled. This timely aid enabled Lieutenant Donnelly and his 
men to hold the ridge all night, although every man in the party had been 
wounded, some several times. On the following day the Regiment ad- 
vanced its front line to the ridge that had been so nobly held by the two 
small patrols, and placed machine guns in commanding positions. This 
ridge was afterward most appropriately called Caribou Hill. The name 
will for many years linger in the minds of Newfoundlanders, and will 
recall the true soldierly qualities of the Newfoundland troops who fought 
at Gallipoli. 

Of these two patrols, three men were awarded decorations for their 
skill, coolness and courage in extreme danger. The official statement 

of the London Gazette is as 
follows: "The Military Cross 
was awarded to Lieutenant 
J. J. Donnelly for conspicuous 
gallantry and determination on 
the night of the fourth-fifth 
of November, 1915, on the 
Gallipoli Peninsula. He oc- 
cupied with eight men a knoll 
to which our firing line was 
extended the next day. By 
his coolness and skill in hand- 
ling his small party, which was 
reduced to five by casualties, 
he repelled several determined 
Turkish bomb and rifle attacks 
on his front and flanks, and 
held his own during the night." 
"The Distinguished Conduct 
Medal was awarded to Sergeant 
Greene and Private Hynes un- 
der the following circum- 
stances: 266 Sergeant W. M. 
Greene, First Newfoundland 
Regiment. For conspicuous 
gallantry on the night of the 
fourth-fifth of November, 1915, on the Gallipoli Peninsula. With an Officer 
and six men he led the way in front of our advanced line in order to sup- 
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port a party of his Regiment which was being heavily attacked and likely 
to be surrounded. The enemy were encountered at close range, and, 
when the Officer and two men had been wounded, Sergeant Greene took 
command, drove off the Turks and brought in the wounded." 

"807 Private R. E. Hynes, First Newfoundland Regiment. For con- 
spicuous gallantry on the night of the fourth-fifth of November, 1915, 
on the Gallipoli Peninsula. With an Officer and six men he attacked 
superior numbers of Turks, who were attempting to surround a small 
post. In spite of heavy casualties on our side, Private Hynes kept up 
rapid fire at close range, which resulted in the Turks abandoning their 
enterprise, and enabled his party to bring in the wounded." 

The following three weeks were spent in comparative quiet along the 
section of the line held by the Newfoundland Regiment. The Turks were 
unable to carry out their nightly sniping raids as formerly, and there was 
a marked diminution in the casualties sustained by our men. Soon, 
however, the Turks were to be temporarily replaced by a much more 
powerful and destructive enemy. From November 26th to 28th, following 
on the heels of the decision to evacuate the Gallipoli Peninsula, an inde- 
scribable blizzard swept the entire Peninsula, falling with its cruelest 
violence in the Suvla region. The 26th, when the Newfoundlanders had. 
already been in the trenches twelve days without relief, began as a bitter 
cold day, with a northeasterly wind augmenting 
A Disastrous Storm. its severity. In the afternoon the wind grew 
much stronger, assuming the proportions of a 
gale, with heavy sleet. The wind continued to strengthen, and in the 
evening was accompanied by thunder and a violent downpour of rain. 
It is impossible to describe adequately the conditions caused by the rain. 
The Suvla area is thickly set with abrupt slopes, and in a few hours the 
water was rushing over these with a force that threatened to carry every- 
thing before it. So suddenly were the trenches turned into rushing 
rivers that the men had to jump from them, leaving food, trench coats 
and rifles behind them. In trenches that were at all tenable men were 
standing waist high in water. Parapets caved in and whole trench 
systems were wiped out. During the night of the 26th-27th the rain 
turned into sleet, which came down with a cutting force. The mud 
became frozen, and the biting, northerly wind increased, striking with a 
vicious force the drenched troops, who were without overcoats or food. 
All through the 27th this dreadful condition continued. Efforts were 
made to keep the men moving, but it was impossible to keep the men 

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from becoming severely frost-bitten. On the 28th the storm reached its 
climax. The northerly wind became colder, and a blinding snow storm 
prevailed the greater part of the day. To the men in the trenches it seemed 
as though the storm would never cease, and that the whole army would be 
wiped out. As is very often the case, the storm was at its worst just 
before the calm. When, on the 29th, the storm abated, the ever famous 
Twenty-ninth Division, of which the Newfoundland Regiment formed a 
part, had lost two-thirds of its strength. The British had suffered 30,000 
casualties, of whom 10,000 were unfit for further 
Newfoundlanders Stood service. It must be placed to the credit of 
the Test Well. the Newfoundland Regiment that it stood the 

terrible ordeal with a physical resourcefulness 
and courage that was without parallel in the whole army. The severe 
winter weather of our own climate had provided our men with a physical 
adaptability that could hardly be expected of office clerks from the city 
of London, and only when they were so frost-bitten that they were unable 
to walk did they give themselves over to the field hospital. The Regiment 
had suffered heavily, but not so heavily as most other units. Reinforce- 
ments which arrived from England on the first of December brought the 
strength of the Regiment up to 400. 

It is almost impossible to imagine that such a disastrous storm, which 
had caused so much suffering and so many deaths, could have any good 
result. But one effect of the storm was 
One Good Result of Storm, welcomed by the entire army. The dysentery, 
which, for several months, had taken 
close on a thousand victims a day, stopped immediately, and was no 
longer a cause of casualties. 

There can be little doubt that the storm also hastened the evacuation. 
The season was getting late, and there was grave danger that severe 
weather would continue for several months. 
Evacuation Hastened. The coast is very rugged and unsheltered, and 
if the weather continued stormy the ships would 
be prevented from landing supplies and the troops would be unable to 
leave the Peninsula. It was a strong warning, and the warning was taken 
seriously. Preparations for the evacuation were immediately started, 
and were rushed with all possible speed. Numerous devices were rigged 
up to deceive the Turks, and evidently the devices were entirely successful. 
At 7 o'clock on the night of December 19, in slightly hazy weather, but 
with a full moon illuminating the entire region, the Regiment proceeded 
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to the beach, except two Officers, Captain Herbert Rendell and Lieutenant 
Cecil B. Clift, and 30 men. These were left behind for the purpose of 
keeping up a desultory rifle fire during the night and doing final necessary 
work in connection with the plans for preventing the Turks from learning 
of the evacuation. The position that they held was an exceedingly 
dangerous one. It meant that these two Officers and 30 men stood for 
six hours and a half, from 7 p. m. until 1 :30 a. m. when they also started 
for the beach, between the main body of the Regiment and the Turks. 
If they had been attacked by the Turks during the first hour or two they 
would have had to hold them up until the last man of the 32 was killed. 
It was a position of tremendous responsibility, and reflects great credit 
upon the high esteem in which the two Officers and the 30 men of the News 
foundland Regiment were held. 

Before midnight the whole Regiment had been transferred to the ship- 
except the men who formed the rearguard who were taken off just before 
daylight the following morning. It is indicative of how well the plans 
had been laid and how well they were carried out that not a single casualty 
occurred amongst the entire Regiment. On the morning of the 20th, 
Battalion Headquarters and most of the Regiment, about 480 altogether, 
were landed at Imbros, and the remainder were landed at Mudros. 

It was the general hope that Christmas would be spent in peace, but the 
Gallipoli campaign was not over for the Newfoundland Regiment. On 
the evening of December 22, those who had been landed 
Cape Helles. at Imbros again found themselves on the way to the 
Gallipoli Peninsula, this time to Cape Helles. They 
landed at Helles early the following morning, and were joined on the 24th 
by those who had landed at Mudros. The Newfoundland Regiment 
took over the work of a Greek Labour Corps, which numbered about 
twice as many as the Regiment contained at this time. Their work con- 
sisted chiefly of building roads and bridges, and later of building piers 
and loading lighters with the war material which was being transferred 
to the ships in preparation for the evacuation of Cape Helles. The 
quarters which the Regiment had to occupy were those vacated by the 
Greeks only the previous day, and were both cramped and filthy. The 
stay at Helles, though at all times exceedingly dangerous, the position 
being shelled day and night, was destined not to be a long one. On 
January 4, a party consisting of one Officer and 30 men of other ranks, 
most of whom were sick or had been wounded, were taken from the Pe- 
ninsula. Another party, numbering about 90 of all ranks left on the 6th, 

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and during the night of the 8th and the early morning of the 9th, the 
remainder of the Newfoundland Regiment acted as the rearguard to the 
last troops to leave Cape Helles, and saw the last of the unfortunate 
Gallipoli campaign. Captain Herbert Rendell and Captain Joe Nunns 
with four men of other ranks of the Newfoundland Regiment were the last 
of the Allied troops to push away from the side of the old "River Clyde," 
which had been beached there on the first day of the landing on the Penin- 
sula to serve as a sort of pier. 

Our Regiment consisted of 1050 Officers and men of other ranks when it 
left England for the Gallipoli Peninsula. Of these, 933 reached Suvla. 
Of the remaining 127, some had been taken for other duties but most of 
them had become unfit for military service because of sickness. The 
Regiment sustained 39 deaths in action and from disease, and 76 casualties 
from wounds. The casualties brought about by disease and the storm 
of November 26-28 were so great that less than half of the Regiment was 
left to take part in the evacuation of Suvla. 

No unit which took part in the Gallipoli campaign was more appreciated 
or received greater praise than the New- 
Commander Praised foundland Regiment. In this connection, 
Newfoundland Battalion. a letter written to Governor Davidson by 
Brigadier-General Cayley, who commanded 
the 88th Brigade, is a fitting conclusion to this chapter. 

"I feel sure that you and the people of Newfoundland will be anxious 
to hear of the doings of their contingent since they have been on active 
service. As you doubtless know, the Regiment landed at Suvla in the 
Gallipoli Peninsula in September, and were attached to the 88th Brigade 
of the 29th Division, which Brigade I have the honor to command. 

"The Brigade was holding trenches very close to the Turks on the left 
centre of the line. The Newfoundland Regiment was at first in reserve. 
Whilst in reserve all officers and the different companies were sent up to 
the trenches and attached to the regiments in warfare. All ranks were 
remarkably quick in picking up all there was to be learnt, and their keen- 
ness was very noticeable. The result was that after a very short time 
they took over part of the firing line as a separate unit. There was no 
big operation, but small enterprises were frequently on foot, and in all 
they had to do, the Regiment continually showed a splendid spirit of 
readiness and resource. I especially recall incidents of the nights of 
November 4 and 5, when we advanced a part of our line. I detailed them 
for this work, and it was admirably carried out, all who took part showing 
the highest courage and determination in face of very severe opposition. 
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"Another occasion I should wish to recall is the storm of November 26 
and the following days. A very violent rainfall, which flooded the trenches 
more than waist deep, was followed up by three days of northerly blizzard 
with intense frost. The conditions were such that the most veteran troops 
might have been excused for losing heart, but, in spite of very heavy 
casualties from exposure, the Regiment never for a moment gave in, 
but maintained their spirit and cheerfulness in a most wonderful manner. 

"Then again, in the evacuation of Suvla and Helles operations, of which 
the success depended entirely upon the steadiness and discipline of the 
troops taking part, their share in these extremely anxious movements was 
most admirably performed. 

"It has been the greatest honor and pleasure to me to have these gallant 
fellows in my brigade, whose traditions they have most worthily upheld. 
Their fellow-countrymen have every reason to be proud of them on 
their doings. Their casualties have been many from bullets and sickness. 



Extracts from the diary of the late Lieutenant Owen W. Steele of the 
First Newfoundland Regiment. These extracts cover the period from 
August 20, 1915, the date of leaving England for the Gallipoli Peninsula, 
to March 22, 1916, when the Regiment disembarked at Marseilles. 

August 20, 1915. On board train, 6 a. m. From 6 a. m. to 5 p. m. 
(men's tea time), the officers have been constantly busy, getting their 
men fitted out with dozens of various necessities for the front. They 
have been issued with new boots (better quality than previously), new 
uniforms (Khaki Drill, light in weight and color), and helmets. Their 
stocks of the following were also completed: — socks, shirts, underclothing, 
housewives, canteens, water bottles, — in fact, twenty-five or thirty other 
items. Sometimes we were compelled to work after tea. Then what 
spare time I had I endeavored to get the mess books done up. However, 
I finished and got clear of them yesterday at lunch time — and am not 
sorry. 

We "fell in" last night at 9 o'clock, marched to the station and left 
Aldershot at 1 1 :20 p. m. ; that is, C and D Companies, for A and B left an 
hour before. 

The new uniforms, boots and helmets are not being worn just yet, but 
have been all packed in boxes. The officers have had to get a lot of new 
equipment also, but have had to pay for it themselves. Our new uniforms 




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cost us about £4-15/-, helmets 21/-, boots 20 /-to 40/- 
compass £5 and £3-10 /- respectively, I think. 

August 20, 1915. On board S. S. "Megantic" 5 p. m. This is just a 
final word before we go. We are on board the White Star Liner "Megantic" 
(15,000 tons) and are all ready to go, and may do so any minute, but 
expect she will leave about 6 p. m. We are having a warship go with us 
and two destroyers for a period of twelve hours. I think we shall be about 
a fortnight on the water, but will be a thousand times more comfortable 
than on the "Florizel." The "Arabic," which was torpedoed yesterday, 
is of the same line. 

Thursday, August 26, 1915. Arrived off Malta at 11.30 a. m. and had 
to stand by and await orders but keep moving. At noon we commenced 
to go into Valetta (capital of Malta), and got to our berth at 1 p. m. 

At 4 p. m. officers were allowed to go on shore until 6 p. m. I went 
ashore with Gerald Harvey, and, on meeting Butler and Windeler, we 
hired a carriage and went for an hour and a half's ride. Saw the Gover- 
nor's house and walked through the Marine Gardens. Malta is of very 
Eastern style. 

Went aboard at 6 p. m. and found that we could remain until 11 p.m., 
so went ashore again. Had dinner and then went to a small theatre 
and was on board at 1 1 p. m. Weather, fine and warm. 

Friday, August 27, 1915. Left Malta for Island of Lemnos at 7 a. m. 

Sunday, August 29, 1915. Arrived at Mudros, Island of Lemnos, at 
7.30 a. m. and anchored. Moved into one of the very small harbors at 
10.30 a. m. and anchored again to await orders. Having received orders 
we left for Alexandria at 6.30 p. m. Through some bungling at Malta 
we had been sent to Lemnos by mistake. 

Tuesday, August 31, 1915. Arrived at Alexandria at 2 p. m. * * * 

Monday, September 13, 1915. Parade at 6 a. m. for inspection by 
General and his Staff, which lasted two hours. 

All the men's eqiupment, and what not required of officers, is taken by 
the Transport to Abbassia Siding, ready for shipment to Alexandria, as 
the Battalion is under orders to embark from there tomorrow for an 
unknown destination. 

Tuesday, September 14, 1915. Reveille was at 4 a. m., for we had to 
prepare for two companies to leave at 6.30. Remaining two companies 
left at 7.30 a. m. My company was in the latter two, and we left Abbassia 
Siding at 9.30 a. m., arriving at Alexandria about 3 p. m. My platoon 
did not get on board steamer until about 5 p. m. p age Forty-seven 






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Our steamer was a very poor one — the "Ansonia," a four years old 
purchase of the Cunard Line. Our camp neighbors— the London Regi- 
ment — (Reserves) were also on board. We left Alexandria at 6.30 p. m. 

Saturday, September 18, 1915. We are going to Suvla and shall land on 
the beach. We shall then probably march about a mile and a half to the 
Reserve Trenches, and after a few days shall watch our chance to get up 
to the firing line. 

We have had a very good time all along so far, but we all know that the 
hardest part has now to come. The place where we are to land is shelled 
all day long, and the last Division which was sent there lost 1200 men and 
36 officers the first day, and that without having fired a shot or seen a 
single Turk, so we have heard. 

Sunday, September 19, 1915. This morning was spent in continuing dis- 
embarking preparations. 

At 3 p. m. we transferred to the small steamer "Prince Abbas" (about 
the size of the "Fiona"), and left for Suvla Bay at 3.30 p. m., where we 
arrived at 9.30 p. m. After an hour or more landing, by means of lighters, 
was commenced. I was in the last load which left the ship about 12.30 
(midnight). 

Monday, September 20, 1915. Left the "Prince Abbas" and boarded a 
lighter at 12.30 a. m. After reaching the landing stage, owing to the 
unhandiness of the lighters, it took two hours to berth us. 

Landed about 3 a. m. and after forming up were led by the Landing 
Officer to our "Dug Outs" for the night, amid clouds of sand, just like a 
Newfoundland snow storm. 

Our "Dug Outs" are simply holes dug into the ground and have no 
covering. We rolled ourselves in our blankets and slept as well as we could, 
for it was bitterly cold. 

Got up at 6 a. m., having had two hours sleep. We were shelled by 
the Turks for an hour, from 8 to 9 a. m., from a distance of seven or eight 
miles. We had some fourteen casualties, including the Adjutant, Capt. 
Rendell, who was, during the day, sent back to Mudros. Fortunately 
no one was killed. Harvey, Knight and I had narrow escapes when having 
breakfast ; a shell burst not ten yards from us, shrapnel falling all around us. 

During the day we moved behind a hill to be sheltered from the enemy's 
guns, as we were on the side of a hill facing them. 

At night A Company went into the trenches. 
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Thursday, November 4, 1915. It was decided today to take possession 
of a sniper's post midway between our firing line and the firing line of the 
Turks. Capt. Butler was acting 0. C. Firing Line, so it naturally followed 
that C Company was given this to do. Lieutenant Donnelly with six 
men and an N. C. 0. went out about 4 p. m. and occupied, or rather took 
up their position in this post, which could be easily occupied in the day- 
light unseen by the enemy. About 7.30 p. m. Lieutenant Ross went out 
with another six men and an N. C. 0. as the N. C. O. of the first party had 
come in wounded, and was asked by Lieutenant Donnelly to ask for re- 
inforcements to be sent out. It seems that just at dusk three Turkish 
snipers came stalking up to this post, as unconcerned as could be, and 
when quite close were challenged by Lieutenant Donnelly's N. C. 0. 
The only answer they got was a babble of Turkish. The order to fife 
was then given to our men. They immediately got the first two men, but 
the third retaliated and succeeded in getting Lieutenant Donnelly's N. 
C. 0. in the side of the neck— not seriously though. They claim they 
eventually got him, too. 

When Lieutenant Ross went out with his men, whilst going along a 
small gulley, he came in contact with a small party who challenged them, 
saying "Who goes there ?" to which Lieut. Ross replied "Newfoundlanders." 
The Turking party, for such it was, then said "Newfoundlanders; Allah, 
Allah il Allah!" (or something similar which they use as a battle cry), 
and then commenced firing. Our party, of course, returned the firing 
which continued for quite a while. Our party then returned, for Lieut. 
Ross and three of his men were wounded. Lieut. Ross was wounded in 
the arm, but the most serious was Joe Murphy of Mundy's Pond. He 
got struck by a couple of bullets and a hand-bomb. Lieut. Ross said 
large reinforcements would be needed to hold the post, in case the Turks 
endeavored to obtain it. No reinforcements were sent out that night, 
for no one knew exactly where to locate the post, nor did they know 
whether the first party, Lieutenant Donnelly's party, was O. K. or not. 
After midnight everything was normal again. 

Friday, November 5, 1915. Early this morning Lieut. Donnelly returned 
with the information that he and his party were O. K., excepting for 
two men who were slightly wounded. It was then decided to 
place about thirty men with N. C. Os. in the post. This was done 
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Saturday, December 4, 1915. Well, today is just a week after the 
"Flood," and things are now almost normal again. There is still a lot 
of work to be done in the way of clearing and cleaning up the trenches 
and making repairs. 

Our Regiment is stated to have come out of the affair the most satis- 
factorily by far. Of course, some Regiments or Battalions were not very 
inconvenienced by the storm, such as the Essex, who were on our left 
for they were higher up on the hill. We got it very badly indeed, as did 
also the rest of the 88th Brigade who were on our right, that is, the Wor- 
cesters, the Hants, and the Londons. The latter three lost some hundred 
men by death from exposure during the couple days frost that followed 
the flood. They had several hundred sent to hospital with frost-burnt 
feet, sickness, etc. One of the Worcester Officers told me four days after 
the storm that he had, the previous day, been down to the Block House 
(about a mile to our right) in the lines held by the 86th Brigade, where 
he had seen many men lying dead in the trenches and being walked over. 
He also saw fully thirty men sitting up on the firing steps, exactly as they 
were at the time of the storm, frozen to death. There was so much to 
do in clearing away and burying the dead that these bodies had not yet 
been attended to. He said it was a very gruesome sight indeed, as was 
another sight he had seen. We had recently built some winter Dug-Outs, 
made to hold about eight men lying down. Well, an Officer of one of the 
86th Brigade Battalions had evidently gone into one of these and taken 
some men with him to the number of about thirty. These Dug-Outs 
are without roofs, being unfinished, so the result was that the Officer 
and every man froze to death. Another Officer told me he was standing 
in the doorway of his Dug-Out, when he saw in the river of water flowing 
just outside the trench, two dead mules, one live mule, two dead Turks 
and many boxes and large pieces of debris pass down together. 

On the night of the flood, the water in our support trenches and in the 
firing line was three feet deep nearly everywhere, and in many places men 
had to walk in water up to their waists. Everyone, of course was wet 
to the skin, and a means of drying one's clothes was out of the question. 
Then when the frost came it tried us all to the limit and all suffered severely, 
but thanks to the general hardiness of Newfoundlanders not one death 
resulted in our Battalion, and I know there were very few Battalions, 
indeed, around here which could say that. Of course, sleeping for the 
majority was out of the question, for many of the men had lost their 
blankets and rubber sheets, and quite a few had even lost their great 

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coats. Fires were made without any thought being given to the fact 
that we were showing our exact position to the Turks; but the Officers 
were worse off than we, and they also had fires burning everywhere. All 
these big fires were just in the rear of the support line, and men on both 
sides wandered around and stood around the fires with a wanton and 
utter disregard of the other side. Neither side bothered about the other 
in the least, until the severity of the frost began to lessen. Our firing line 
then got many wandering Turks, and they got a few of ours. Owing to the 
communication trench being from two to three feet deep with water in 
most places, our ration parties had got into the habit of walking in the 
open, with the result that the Turks noticed it and eventually got a machine 
gun onto the track, followed and also sent in a few shells. We lost rather 
heavily in this for two days, for about a half dozen of ours were killed and a 
dozen wounded. Most of the Officers, too, lost the greater part of 
their kit. 

I shall never forget the look of most of our men after the first and second 
night's frost. It reminded one of the "Greenland Disaster." The men's 
faces were nearly all as black as niggers, where they had been getting as 
close as possible to the smoking fires all night, and what with their eyes 
and woe-begone looks, they presented a really terrible sight. One was 
fully expecting to find some lying dead from exposure, but wonderful 
to relate, there was not a single fatality, which speaks well for the physique 
of our men, for those were really terrible nights. * * * 

After the flood we were very short of rations for a while and had to do 
without some meals because food and drinking water were so scarce. 
It was with the latter that we had the greatest difficulty, for all the wells 
were spoilt, the water they contained being the same as the trench water. 
The doctor condemned the water for drinking purposes, and consequently, 
the first day we had nothing to drink, and on the second day, one lot of 
water for making tea was issued, but the drinking of unboiled water was 
absolutely forbidden, for there were so many dead bodies and rubbish 
of all kinds around that an epidemic of some kind would have resulted. 
Even the water that we then had was really only muddy trench water 
in which we would not have attempted even to wash our hands under 
normal conditions. * * * 

We have sent about 150 men to hospital, most of them suffering from 
frost-burnt feet. We have heard that the 86th Brigade lost 200 men 
by drowning and exposure, and nearly two thousand were sent to 
hospital. 

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Monday, December 20, 1915. {Evacuation of Suvla.) My party went 
on board the Isle of Man paddle boat "Barry" at 12.15 a. m., and left 
for "we know not where" at 1 a. m. We arrived at the Island of Imbros 
at 2.15 a. m., but by the time we got inside the two lines of torpedo nets, 
reported, etc., it was 2.45 a. m. We had then to go on shore on lighters, 
and I landed at 3.30 a. m. We then had to walk about three miles to our 
allotted area, where we found many other Regiments' or Battalions' 
details. Everyone was then supplied with a good supper. 

This morning was spent in getting the Battalions and Companies 
together. 

About 1 p. m. Lieuts. Rendell and Clift with their party arrived. Every- 
thing up to the last went off without a hitch. The Turks were apparently 
under the same impression they have been under for some time, viz., 
that we were preparing to attack them for they had been continually 
strengthening, improving and renewing their barbed wire, etc. I would 
certainly like to be overhead in an aeroplane when the Turks find out 
that they are shelling empty trenches. Then when they move forward 
they will have all kinds of plots to contend with, for the R. E. have various 
kinds of mines laid, such as "trip-wires," and those which will explode 
when one walks on them. Then in many Dug-Outs mines have been laid, 
attached by a wire to a table leg, which will be exploded by a movement 
of the table. * * * 




Wednesday, December 22, 1915. There were rumors this morning that 
we were moving; some rumors said to Mudros and some to Cape Helles. 
However, at noon we got orders to be ready to leave camp at 1.15 p. m. 
at which time we left and arrived at the beach at 2 p. m. We then went 
on board a lighter and were taken off to a small steamer, the "Redbreast." 
In about an hour they had the various portions of units of the 88th Brigade 
on board, to the number of about 1300. * * * At nine o'clock the anchor 
was taken up and preparation for starting was made. By this time we 
had heard almost definitely that we were going to Helles. At 10.40 p. m., 
just an hour and a half after we left Imbros, we arrived at Cape Helles. 
We had to go ashore on lighters in two or three parties, and by midnight 
were all ashore, except three officers and about thirty men, who were kept 
back for the purpose of landing some stores. * * * 

Thursday, December 30, 1915. Having received orders from the Brigade 
last night, we went out to W. beach this morning where we were to take 
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up our quarters, for we were now to do some fatigue work, as the Greek 
Corps had refused to work on account of so many shells coming to the 
beach; they were beginning to lose quite a lot of men and were, therefore, 
afraid to work there. 

Friday, December 31, 1915. This morning we commenced work on 
various jobs in preparation for the evacuation of Cape Helles, or, in other 
words, the remaining portion of the Gallipoli Peninsula now held by us. 

It looks as if the 88th Brigade, 'our Brigade' of the Twenty-Ninth 
Division, will be in the final stages of this evacuation, as well as that of 
Suvla, which everyone says is a great compliment and honor. Am afraid 
this one will not be so successful as Suvla, for conditions are not nearly so 
favorable here. However, we hope for the best. 

Some of our men were building piers, others quarrying rocks, others 
carting the stone by means of trucks on rails to the piers, and others 
doing fatigue work of various sorts. * * * 

Saturday, January 1, 1916. We continued work as yesterday and had 
the same inconvenience regarding the Turkish shells. The one we fear 
most is a 5.9 Naval Gun fired from Asia Minor at 9000 yards, and is a gun 
from the "Goeben." Being on the beach with sloping high clifts on all 
sides, and as the shells come over the clift on the left side, we do not hear 
it until it is quite upon us and have not time even to wink an eyelid, 
so have no time to seek cover. However, as the Turks generally send 
four or five, we have time to get under cover before the second one comes. 
The Turks can enfilade our beaches from the other side, so they become 
very hot sometimes. This Asiatic Gun is known by the men as "Asiatic 
Annie"; there is also another known as "Louise Loue." 

Sunday, January 16, 1916. {At Alexandria.) Some of the troops on 
board received orders to go last night at 9 o'clock, others this morning at 
7 o'clock, and we, that is the Newfoundland Regiment, at 12.45 p. m. 

We left Alexandria at 1 p. m. The weather was quite fine and warm, 
and as we got farther in the country, it got much warmer and we could 
feel much more power in the sun. 

We had an uneventful trip and enjoyed the ever-changing country 
scenery until darkness came. About 7 or 8 o'clock we went asleep. At 
2 a. m. we were awakened and told that we had arrived at Suez, so went 
to see about "falling in" our men. 

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Tuesday, March 14, 1916. Revielle 5 a. m. Breakfast 6 a. m., and 
"Struck Camp" about 7.30. Then we cleaned up the whole grounds and 
put everything in order. 

At 11 a. m. we left our late home and marched, in full marching order, 
to Tewfick, about four miles. By 1 p. m. we were all aboard the "Alaunia" 
(Cunard Line, about 13,000 tons). We moved away from the wharf 
at 4.15 p. m., and stayed in the stream for a couple of hours. The 
"Alaunia" is a fine steamer though not quite as good as the "Megantic." 

At 6.30 p. m., we started up the Canal, and up to bedtime had stopped 
for a couple of hours in two or three places. It was a bright moonlight 
night, so we could enjoy a few very nice views. 

Wednesday, March 22, 1916. We reached Marseilles about 7 a. m. 
Immediately after breakfast arrangements were made for disembarking. 
I was given the job of looking after the unloading of the ammunition and 
when landed had to place a guard over it. All the men and stores were 
ashore before noon. 

At 6 o'clock the Companies were "fallen in," and we marched to the 
train which took us about fifteen minutes, where the men were all fixed 
off in the carriages. As we were not leaving until 9.30 p. m. we had about 
two and a half hours to wait. 

We believe we are going to Arras which is on the other side of Paris 
and which is a little more than halfway between Paris and Boulogne. 

We left Marseilles at 9.30, and our first stop is to be about 3 o'clock 
tomorrow morning. 




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CHAPTER II 



Nineteen-sixteen In France 




Unlike the Gallipoli campaign, the campaign of the Western front 
was far from being over when on March 22, our Regiment reached Mar- 
seilles and became part of the rapidly increasing 
The Western Front. Allied Armies which were determined to drive the 
Hun forces out of France and Belgium. The 
fiercest battles, those that were to use up the largest amount of ammu- 
nition, take the greatest toll of human life, and bring sorrow and grief 
to the largest number of homes had yet to be fought. It must also be said 
that the battles that were to record the greatest successes for the Allies 
on the Western Front were fought after this time; and it is to the glory 
of the Newfoundland Regiment that no unit of the British Armies has 
received more favorable comment from its commanding officer than has 
our Regiment. Plans were already in preparation when the Regiment 
reached France for a strong British attack in the Somme section, and 
efforts were being made to strengthen the British positions around Ypres. 
The Germans showed great activity in the Ypres salient, partly, no doubt, 
for the purpose of holding the British armies to their ground while they 
dealt with the French at Verdun, and partly for the purpose of bringing 
about a premature offensive or entirely dispersing the gathering storm in the 
Somme Valley. The fighting in the Ypres salient continued severe for 
four months, during which time both sides suffered heavy losses. The 
Canadians alone lost about 7000 men. 

Our Regiment still formed part of the Twenty-Ninth Division, which 
was soon to add new laurels to its already enviable distinction. Since 
its arrival in France the Twenty-Ninth had not taken part in any 
big attack, but, for the most part, was being kept in reserve and pre- 
paring for the monstrous attack on the 
Preliminary Preparations. Germans in the Somme Valley. In the latter 
days of June our Regiment made several 
raids on the German trenches for the purpose of clearing the ground 
of the wire entanglements. On the 27th a party under the command of 
Captain Bertram Butler got up to the German wire defenses, but found 




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that their wire-cutters were unable to sever the very heavy wire which 
the Germans had recently put in. They were obliged to retire as soon as 
they were detected by the enemy. Again the following night they went 
forward, and this time succeeded in making several gaps in the wire 
defenses and getting through to the enemy trenches. They were subject 





ROUEN 

Where the base depot of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment was established 

while the Regiment was in France. 



to heavy fire and bombing from the enemy, but they held their ground 
until every available hand grenade had been used. In this action several 

men displayed unusual courage and ability. Private T. M. 
O'NEIL. O'Neil, seeing an enemy bomb thrown in the midst of his 

party and realizing the danger to the entire party, picked 
up the bomb and threw it back. It exploded on leaving his hands and 
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severely wounded him, but his quick and brave act undoubtedly saved 

several of his company. Captain Butler was awarded the 
BUTLER. Military Cross because of the great ability and daring courage 

that he displayed on this occasion. A glance at Captain 
Butler's military record, contained in the second part of this volume 

will show that he carried the same soldierly qualities in 
PHILIPS. every action. Without any assistance Private G. Philips 

attacked several Germans, some of whom he killed and others 
severely wounded. He later received the Military Medal and the Russian 
Order of St. George for his conspicuously courageous conduct. 

These two minor actions constitute the prelude to an action by the 
entire Regiment, which, in its almost reckless courage in the face of 
unsurpassed and obvious dangers, was probably 
Beaumont Hamel. not excelled by any circumstance or instance of 
the entire war. For several months General Haig 
had been amassing a strong army north of the Somme. Preparations 
had been completed during the month of June in spite of the continuous 
and severe enemy attacks in the Ypres sector. 

On the night of June 29, instructions were given as to the particular 
part of the German line to be stormed by the Twenty-Ninth Division. 
The Newfoundland Regiment was to start from 
Newfoundlanders' St. John's Road, a new trench built by the Regiment, 
Objective. south of Beaumont Hamel. They were to cross 

two support trenches and our firing line, from 
which they would pass through the gaps in our wire and across to No 
Man's Land. They were then to cross the first and second German 
systems, which were supposed to have been taken by the 86th and 87th 
Brigades, and halt near Pursieux Road while our artillery weakened the 
third enemy system, which was the objective that our Regiment was to 
take possession of. On the following night, when, to use the words of 
one of the First Five Hundred who took part in this battle, "the sun had 
hidden its face from the horrors of the battle front" and conditions were 
favorable for the secret movement of troops, our Regiment was ordered 
to take its position as supports to the 86th and the 87th Brigades, which 
were to attack the first and second line of the German trenches, south of 
Beaumont Hamel. 

The Twenty-Ninth Division now consisted of the 86th, 87th, and 88th 
brigades. The 1st South Wales Borderers and the 1st Inniskilling Fusiliers 
of the 87th Brigade formed the van of the attack upon the right of the 

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division, and the 2nd Royal Fusiliers and the 1st Lancashire Fusiliers 
of the 86th Brigade formed the van of the attack upon the left of the 
division. 

The ground over which they had to advance could scarcely be more 
difficult. It formed a gradual descent, which rendered our troops com- 
pletely exposed. It contained enormous quarries 
Impossible Frontal and excavations in which large numbers of the 
Advance. enemy could remain concealed, almost immune 

from shell -fire, and ready to rush out and attack 
our men in the rear. Although the bombardment from the British guns 
was terrific it had comparatively little effect in lessening this danger. 
There was another condition which tended to minimize the success of the 
Twenty-Ninth Division. It was found that the artillery fire had thor- 
oughly cut the German wire, but our own wire had not been cut to the 
same extent and proved a serious menace to the advance of the troops. 
Some gaps were cut, but they were not sufficient and they were quickly 
discovered by the Germans who played their guns on them with terrible 
results. 

At 7 :30 on the morning of July 1 , the whistles blew, and the men, 
determined to force the lines of Beaumont Hamel or show the absolute 
impossibility of the task, sprang from their trenches and advanced in 
successive waves of assault against the enemy trenches. The entire 86th 
and 87 th Brigades were drawn into the fight and suffered tremendous 
losses, and about 8 :40, scarcely more than an hour after the opening of the 
"Battle of the Somme", the Newfoundland Regiment and the 1st Essex 
were ordered forward to take the first line of the enemy trenches. Like 
the other battalions, our Regiment and the Essex were held up by the 
murderous machine-gun fire in front of Beaumont Hamel. They were 
also subject to the fire 'of flanking machine guns. The whole action was 
so rapid, the positions occupied by the enemy machine guns so advan- 
tageous and commanding, and the fire from those guns so destructive that 
by 10:20 the assault had to be given up, and only a defensive line could 
be held. 

Our Regiment suffered very heavily, but only in proportion to the 
indomitable courage and fortitude displayed under most adverse con- 
ditions, and even in the face of death itself. It is said that no other unit 
suffered so heavily in proportion to the number of men engaged. One 
hundred men were reported killed, 210 missing, and 374 wounded. No 
action could be more fitting than that this field should be bought by the 

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voluntary subscriptions of the people of Newfoundland and forever held 
in memory of the men who sacrificed their lives that day. July 1, 1916, 
will be remembered in the history of our country as at once glorious and 
tragic. Regarding the conduct of the Regiment, Sir Douglas Haig tele- 
graphed: "The heroism and devotion to duty they displayed on the 1st 
July has never been surpassed." In a letter to Sir E. P. Morris (now 
Lord Morris) the Lieutenant-General who commanded the corps said: 

"That battalion covered itself with glory on July 1 by the magnificent 
way in which it carried out the attack entrusted to it. It went forward 
to the attack when two other attacks on that same part of the line had 
failed, and by its behavior on that occasion it showed itself worthy of 
the highest traditions of the British race, and proved itself to be a fit rep- 
resentative of the population of the oldest British colony. When the 
order to attack was given every man moved forward to his appointed 
objective in his appointed place as if on parade. There were no waverers, 
no stragglers, and not a man looked back. It was a magnificent display 
of trained and disciplined valour, and its assault only failed of success 
because dead men can advance no farther. They were shot down by 
machine guns brought up by a very gallant foe under our intense artillery 
fire. Against any foe less well entrenched, less well organized, and above 
all, less gallant, their attack must have succeeded. As it was the action 
of the Newfoundland Battalion and the other units of the British left con- 
tributed largely to the victory achieved by the British and French farther 
south by pinning to their ground the best of the German troops and by 
occupying the best of their artillery, both heavy and field. The gallantry 
and devotion of this battalion, therefore, was not in vain, and the credit 
of victory belongs to them as much as to those troops farther south who 
actually succeeded in breaking the German line. An attacking army is 
like a football team; there is but one who kicks the goal, yet the credit 
of success belongs not alone to that individual but to the whole team 
whose concerted action led to the desired result. 

"I should like you to let my fellow citizens of the Empire in the Oldest 
Overseas portion of the British Realm know how well their lads have 
done, both officers, non-commissioned officers and men, and how proud I, 
as their Corps Commander, am to have such a battalion under my com- 
mand, and to be a comrade-in-arms of each and all of them." 

It would be an injustice to the whole Regiment to single out any one 
man or half a dozen men because of conspicuous gallantry on this occasion. 
On other occasions if two or three men were to perform deeds of fear- 
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less gallantry such as were performed by every man that day, they would 
receive the highest distinction of the British Army. Every man distin- 
guished himself. Sergeant Thomas Carroll is 
Whole Regiment credited with having got farther than any other 

Distinguished Itself. man before he was detected by the enemy and 
killed. There is abundant evidence that the 
heavy casualties suffered by their comrades did not shake the courage 
of those who remained. After the severest fighting had died down, al- 
though still subject to heavy machine-gun fire, Private J. Cox and Private 
S. Dewling distinguished themselves in a determined effort to relieve the 
suffering, and, if possible save the lives, of some of their comrades-in-arms. 
Because of their splendid services in this connection, and the absolute 
contempt for danger under such circumstances, which these men displayed, 
they were both awarded the Military Medal. 

The efforts of the British forces at the Southern end of the line produced 
much more favorable results. From Fricourt to Montauban, a stretch 
of seven miles, the German first line was broken 
Success at Southern on the memorable first of July. General Haig 
End of Line. adopted the plan of rolling up the German line 

from this point. The plan was entirely suc- 
cessful. On July 14, the second line was broken from Great Bazentin 
to Longueval, and on September 15, the third line was broken at 
Martinpuich. 

The tremendous losses suffered by our Regiment, and, indeed, by the 
whole Twenty-Ninth Division, necessitated a long recuperation and a 
complete reorganization. The 2nd Hants and the 4th Worcesters were 
the only battalions that were not drawn into the fight at Beaumont 
Hamel, and around these the Twenty-Ninth Division had to be rebuilt. 
Three months were spent in rest camps, during which time several drafts 
were sent over from England, and the Regiment was again brought up 
to fighting strength. A short period was spent behind the lines in the 
Ypres salient during the first part of October, and from there the Regiment 
proceeded to the Somme where it was to make its second great effort 
in the First Battle of the Somme, this time at Gueudecourt. While the 
natural topographical condition did not present so 
Conditions at serious a difficulty as that at Beaumont Hamel, other 
Gueudecourt. conditions were more serious. For more than three 
months severe fighting had been going on in the Somme 
area. The ground had become torn up, and was covered with large shell 

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holes. Added to this was the fact that for weeks previous torrentia 
rains had flooded the whole area, and the mud had become so deep and 
soft that the ground was almost impassable. 

The 88th Brigade was lent to the much weakened Twelfth Division 
to advance and capture the position held by the enemy at Gueudecourt 
under these conditions. It was the first chance for revenge since the 
reverse and losses at Beaumont Hamel, and the Regiment did not fail 
to take advantage of it. Heavy casualties were suffered by our men 
from the preliminary shelling by the enemy on October 11, but on the 
following day, when the attack was to be made, the vigor and courage 
of those who remained were found undiminished and unshaken. Our 
Regiment, led by Captains March, Butler and Bartlett, 
The Advance at and Lieutenants Clouston and Edens, advanced in 
Gueudecourt. two waves on a front of two platoons each. Their 

advance was covered by a creeping barrage of machine- 
gun fire which kept pace in front of the advancing troops. Every foot 
of Rainbow trench had to be fought for. The enemy held on stubbornly 
and tenaciously, but was finally dislodged with heavy losses. Not only 
did the Newfoundland Regiment take its objective, but it also took the 
objective which the Essex Regiment was supposed to have taken on the 
left. The fighting was severe and costly, but our men were driven by a 
determination that knew no defeat. The success which they achieved 
was the only success for the day, and it was won under most unfavorable 
conditions and against a foe far superior in numbers. 

The day was marked by heroic and daring conduct, and by the loss 
of some of the very finest of the Regiment. Among those who fell were 
Captain Donnelly, whose steady nerve and heroism at Gallipoli have 
already been mentioned; Captain O'Brien, Lieutenants Ebsary, Clift 
and Norris. These men and many others displayed a courage, fearlessness 
and defiance of danger that were fatal. They could not be stopped except 
by death itself. There were numerous individual distinctions, some of 
which should be specially noted. Captain March, who was senior officer, 
displayed great, ability and calm resourcefulness in the 
MARCH. face of very' great danger. He took a leading part in 

the first attack, and is credited with having bayoneted 
three Germans. In the work of organizing the defence after the posi- 
tion had been taken he showed an ability for initiative and thoroughness 
that would be highly praiseworthy in one of higher rank. His gallantry 
and ability won for him great honor, and for his Regiment and Country, 

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respect and admiration. He was subsequently awarded the Military 
Cross and the Croix de Guerre for his noble and efficient conduct in this 

engagement. Captain Bertram Butler has already been 
BUTLER. mentioned in connection with his initiative and daring 

enterprises at Beaumont Hamel. It would be impossible 
to relate the numerous stories told about Captain Butler all of which 
illustrate his fearlessness, initiative and determination. On one occasion, 
in the early dawning, a corporal's attention was drawn to the fact that a 
man was crawling under our wire. A private pointed his gun, but the 




MAJOR J. W. MARCH 



MAJOR BERTRAM BUTLER 




corporal, fearing it was one of our men, requested him not to fire until he 
could determine whether the man was an enemy or a friend. The corporal 
called out "Who goes there?" and back came the reply "Butler." It 
turned out that Captain Butler had been in close proximity to the enemy 
trenches all night, and was returning only when it became obvious that 
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daylight would soon expose him to the enemy. This was not an unusual 
incident but rather a regular practice with Captain Butler. 

Lieutenant R. P. Holloway rendered invaluable service in much the 
same way. Regularly he used to creep over the land in front of the 
trenches, sometimes getting incredibly near the enemy 
HOLLOWAY. trenches without being detected, crawling from shell 
hole to shell hole with a tape, making a plan of the 
land. His education fitted him specially for that kind of work, and his 
fearlessness fitted him for the danger. The value of his services as intel- 
ligence officer, the importance of the information that he was able to 
furnish, will never be fully known by the people for whom he won respect 
and praise. 

The ground won in this engagement was contested at every point. 

The enemy offered stubborn resistance. Every section of the trench had 

to be fought hard for, and in many instances at the point of the bayonet. 

The situation consequently brought out individual resourcefulness and 

courage. Sergeant-Major C. Gardner, who later created a spectacle 

of most unusual interest, saw an enemy bombing party 

GARDNER. in a gap in the trench that had just been taken attacking 

one of our companies. He got two other men, and the 

three of them attacked the hostile party. Before the enemy troops knew 

what was happening Gardner and company had inflicted severe losses on 

them. Very few of the party escaped, and sixteen of them , 

including one officer, were taken prisoners. Sergeant 

R. Neville, upon finding himself opposed by a strong 

group of enemy troops when he was about to enter 

the trench, attacked them with a bombing squad. The Germans fought 

desperately, but were finally obliged to retire after suffering heavy losses. 

Lance-Corporal W. Bennett exposed himself continually 

BENNETT. to the fire of the enemy guns in taking messages back 

to battalion headquarters. Three times he passed 

through the barrage, and after returning the last time he led a bombing 

squad against a party of the enemy troops who were creeping upon our 

left flank. Fourteen of the enemy, including one officer, 

were taken prisoners. Private O. Goodland rendered 

similar courageous and valuable service by taking back 

messages through the barrage. Without any thought 

of personal safety, Private B. Carroll exposed himself 

to the heavy fire of the German guns in order to assist some wounded 

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NEVILLE. 



GOODLAND. 
CARROLL. 







Beaumont Hamel and 

Gueudecourt 

Contrasted. 




comrades. He saved a number of lives by his heroic and unselfish conduct. 
Lieutenant Clift attempted to advance beyond Rainbow trench, but his 
party was practically wiped out. 

At Beaumont Hamel, the strength of the Regiment was approximately 
900 of all ranks. In the engagements at Gueudecourt it was less than 
half that number, and the casualties were in about the same proportion. 
Forty-five men were killed, 119 wounded, and 75 missing. The engaage- 
ment was fought with many individual distinctions, praise to the entire 
Regiment and honor to Newfoundland. 

In an action north of Gueudecourt on the eighteenth of October, 
in which the 2nd Hants and the 4th Worcesters were successful, 250 of 
the Newfoundland Regiment acted as stretcher-bearers. 

These two actions, July 1 at Beaumont Hamel and October 12 at Gueude- 
court, constitute the actual fighting in which the Regiment was engaged 
during 1916. The names will ever be familiar 
to the ears of Newfoundlanders. They will 
carry with them a mixed feeling of joy and sorrow ; 
sorrow because of the tremendous loss to the 
finest manhood of our little country, and joy 
because of the splendid heroism and fearless courage which those men 
displayed and the never dying honor and fame that they won for New- 
foundland. The results of Beaumont Hamel remain as a tragic and 
glorious memory. The engagement at Gueudecourt, from the standpoint 
of Military achievement, was more victorious; from the standpoint of 
human sacrifice, less tragic, and from the standpoint of individual initiative 
and distinction more productive. The results present a great contrast, 
due entirely to the fact that the conditions under which the two actions 
were fought were so very different. Had the German machine-gun fire 
been no more advantageous and no more severe at Beaumont Hamel 
than at Gueudecourt, the story of Beaumont Hamel would be quite 
different. 

The following decorations were awarded at Beaumont Hamel and at 
Gueudecourt. 

Beaumont Hamel 
Captain B. Butler Military Cross 

Private J. Cox Military Medal 

Private T. M. McGrath Military Medal 

Private S. Wedling Military Medal 

Private G. Phillips Military Medal 

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Captain A. O'Brien, Second Lieutenant W. J. Clare, Private J. 
Cahill, Mentioned in despatches of Sir Douglas Haig, Com- 
mander-in-Chief 

GuEUDECOURT 

Captain J. W. March 

Military Cross and French Croix de Guerre 



Sergeant P. Samson 
Corporal C. Gardner 
Captain B. Butler 
Corporal S. Webber 
Lance-Corporal S. Manuel 
Lance-Corporal W. Bennett 
Private D. Brown 
Private B. Carroll 
Private 0. Goodland 



Distinguished Conduct Medal 

Distinguished Conduct Medal 

Bar to Military Cross 

Military Medal 

Military Medal 

Distinguished Conduct Medal 

Military Medal 

Military Medal 

Military Medal 







CHAPTER III 



From Gueudecourt through Monchy-le-Preux 




In the last chapter we have followed the operations of the Regiment 
up to October, 1916. The remaining days of 1916, and practically all 
the first month of 1917 were spent in rest camp. That was the period of 
reconstruction, and of preparation for the severe battles of the following 
spring. The British campaign of 1916 ended with 
Capture of the brilliant victory on November 13, at Beaumont 

Beaumont Hamel. Hamel, which resulted in the capture of that very 
important position. The name has a special 
significance for Newfoundlanders, but let no one think that its final 
capture casts any. reflection on the courage and ability of our own Regi- 
ment. Its capture was the outcome of practically five months' flanking 
operations in which upwards of fifty divisions took part, most of them 
more than once. The position was approached from a different and less 
difficult direction, and was defended by a less efficient foe. The period 
of comparative quiet during the winter months was welcomed as a recon- 
struction period. Our Regiment had taken part in two important ac- 
tions of the "First Battle of the Somme," and had incurred heavy casual- 
ties. The task of reconstructing was not a light 
Regiment rebuilt. one, but it was begun with unshaken courage and 
carried out with great enthusiasm, and when the 
Kaiser's birthday came along the Newfoundland Regiment was prepared 
to give him the kind of present that, from the standpoint of humanity 
and democracy, he most needed. 

The Regiment had spent an enjoyable Christmas in a quiet French 
village and was in splendid shape, when in the latter 
LesBoeufs. part of January it moved into the line at LesBoeufs. 

The roads were frozen and in many places covered with 
ice, and on the morning of the twenty-seventh, when the Kaiser's birthday 
box was to be presented, the ground was covered with snow. The action 
was timed for half past five in the morning. Our Regiment was in reserve, 
but, when to the second, every gun was fired and the thunderous noise 
seemed to shake the whole battlefield, the Newfoundland Regiment 



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insisted on talcing part in the greeting. The terrific bombardment lasted 
for more than an hour, and the enemy became nervously excited. All 
kinds of distress signals were sent up from the German lines. The whole 
area, for miles along the enemy front line, was lit up with large flares, 
and the advance of our troops as well as the activities of the enemy could 
be seen as clearly as in broad daylight. Without any orders some com- 
panies of our Regiment followed close on the heels of the attacking troops, 
and soon found themselves up to the enemy trenches. 

It happened that our attacking troops had advanced so quickly over 
the enemy front line of trenches, and probably at a time when the flares 
were not being sent up, that many enemy troops had escaped their notice 

and had organized themselves 
into a strong party when some 
of our Regiment came up to the 
trench. Had their plans no 
been forestalled these would have 
been a serious menace to our 
troops which had gone betndy 
the trench. Lieutenant C.eant- 
dner (then Company Serg-Gra 
Major), who was one of those 
who went over unofficially, found 
himself face to face with a whole 
company of enemy troops. Lieu- 
tenant Gardner had gone out 
without even a revolver, and 
when he saw the first German 
pop his head above the trench 
he called upon him to surrender. 
The German did so, and Lieu- 
tenant Gardner took his revolver 
and captured the whole company 
of enemy troops. The incident 
LIEUTENANT C. GARDNER j s p ro bably without parallel in 

the whole war. The enemy troops were not disarmed, they were not of a 
poor type, but Gardner's invincible will and courage defeated them. He 
got his 68 Germans together and made them march back to the New- 
foundland trenches. Not many British or French soldiers can boast of re- 
ceiving an enemy decoration because of the faithful performance of duty 

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but Lieutenant Gardner received the highest military decoration of the 
German army that day. As he was marching his capture back to our lines 
a British officer charged down on them. The officer was about to fire on 
the prisoners when Gardner stopped him, and it is said, told him that if 
he shot one of the Germans he would get shot himself. When a German 
officer, who was among the captured soldiers, saw Gardner's action he 
took the Iron Cross from his own breast and pinned it on Gardner's. 

In this engagement a number of the Newfoundlanders acted as stretcher- 
bearers. Their capacity for this work was not surpassed by any unit 
in the British army, and whenever they were available they were sought 
for this duty. It required faithfulness when subject to the severest Shell- 
fire. In this action they rendered invaluable services and suffered some 
losses. Seven men were killed and 179 were wounded. 

Our Regiment was not again brought into conflict with the enemy until 
shortly after their general retreat in the latter days of February and the 
early part of March. The positions held by the 
German Retreat. Germans became untenable after the splendid vic- 
tories of the British armies in the First Battle of the 
Somme. On February 25, the whole German front, both north and south 
of the Ancre caved in for a depth of over three miles. The enemy retreat 
to their great permanent second line was orderly and skilful, and the most 
unfavorable weather conditions prevented the pursuit by the British 
armies being anything but slow and tedious. In many places also the 
advance of the troops was strongly opposed, and all kinds of devices were 
used to obstruct their onward flow. Gradually the enemy retreat spread 
south, and on March 3, after scarcely more than a month of usual periodic 
trench duty and rest camp life, our Regiment was drawn into an important 
action at Saill-Saillisel, better known to the Regiment as "Silly, Silly, 
Sal," just south of Gueudecourt. 

The action was preceded by a terrific bombardment by the enemy 
of the position occupied by the Newfoundland Regiment. The bombard- 
ment started at 7 o'clock on the morning of March 3, 
Saill-Saillisel. and continued with increasing intensity for more than 

an hour. It is to the honor and glory of the famous 
Twenty-Ninth Division that they never lost a trench, but on this occasion 
the record was nearly broken. The Regiment was faced with some very 
active enemy brigades whose movements were concealed by a heavy 
mist and the use of smoke bombs. A party of about 50 enemy troops 
advanced on each side of the trench occupied by our men and were within 
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about 700 yards before they were discovered. The situation called for 
quick action. Quite a number of our men, including the platoon com- 
mander at that point, were so severely wounded during the bombardment 
that they were put out of action. A non-commissioned officer, who 
attempted to fire rockets as signals for aid, was severely wounded before 
he could send up more than two rockets. Fortunately a S. O. S. was 
telephoned to headquarters before communication by telephone was 
cut off. Every Lewis gun except one was put out of action. Bombs 
were used effectively by our men, and three more Lewis guns were quickly 
brought up, but the enemy troops succeeded in getting into the trench 
and drove our men out for a distance of 40 yards, to the head of the com- 
munication trench. 

The situation was saved by two well arranged incidents. The British 
guns opened a heavy barrage about midway between our front line and 

the enemy front line. The 
barrage was highly successful 
in its purpose, in that it pre- 
vented more enemy troops 
from coming up. Lieutenant 
Gerald Byrne, who commanded 
a platoon farther to the left, 
took advantage of this situ- 
ation. He quickly organized 
a bombing squad, and secured 
a supply of bombs. He per- 
sonally led the attack up the 
trench, and with the aid of his 
party inflicted severe losses on 
the enemy and drove him out. 
The party then followed the 
enemy troops into their own 
territory, and drove them out 
of 60 yards of their front 
trench. The whole 100 yards 
were consolidated and held by 
the small party under Lieu- 
tenant Byrne despite heavy 
shell fire and bombing by the enemy. The prompt and courageous con- 
duct of Lieutenant Byrne turned the part-enemy victory into a complete 

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defeat, and the enviable reputation of the Twenty-Ninth Division remained 
unshaken. Lieutenant Byrne was awarded the Military Cross for his 
splendid work and initiative in this engagement. 

Two other men, Private J. P. Lewis and Lance-Corporal M. Picco, 
were decorated for their conspicuous bravery during this action. Private 

Lewis was not in the section of our trench that was 
LEWIS. attacked by the Germans. He was in the left of 

the trench, and was consequently considerably 
removed from the area of this action. As soon as he became aware of 
the heavy fighting in the other end of the trench and that a supply of bombs 
was needed, he ran back and got two boxes of bombs from the company 
in support. He succeeded in getting through the German barrage with 
one lot of bombs and was returning for another supply when he was 
stopped by an officer who informed him that the enemy troops had been 
driven out. Private Lewis' work was entirely voluntary and in his effort 
to relieve the hazardous situation he showed complete disregard for his 
personal safety. Lnace-Corporal Picco fought through the whole day 

under tremendous physical handicaps. He was in 
PICCO. the right of the Plaz trench where the enemy first 

attacked. He was wounded by a German bomb 
that put a Lewis gun out of action, but he continued bombing through 
the whole engagement, getting supplies of bombs from the company in 
support. He got his men together and counter-attacked at about the 
same time that Lieutenant Byrne began pushing the enemy back with 
his bombing party. When they had consolidated their gains Lance- 
Corporal Picco remained in charge of the advance position until his party 
was relieved during the night. Next day it was found that in addition 
to the wound received from a German bomb he had a severe attack of 
trench feet, and in that condition had fought through the entire day. 
His faithful, never-say-die leadership contributed largely to the splendid 
success of our Regiment at Saill-Saillisel. Our casualties in this action 
amounted to thirteen killed and thirty-nine wounded. 

The Regiment's next engagement with the enemy was destined to be 
one of much greater magnitude. Sir Douglas Haig had been preparing 
for some months, from the time of the glorious avenge at Beaumont 
Hamel, to strike a heavy blow at the enemy in 
The Battle of Arras. Belgium, extending from the neighborhood of 
Lens in the north to Arras in the south, a distance 
of about twelve miles. The preparations included a tremendous concen- 



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tration of artillery, and roughly, 120,000 men in the storming line and 
40,000 in support. The first blow was to be delivered on April 9. The 
attack was preceded by a very intense bombardment of the German 
first and second line of trenches, and at 5 :30, in the first dim grey of a 
rainy, misty, sleety morning — that kind of mixed, miserable, spiritless 
weather which we sometimes experience in Newfoundland during the 
latter part of March and the first of April — the infantry dashed forward 
to the attack. The engagement was a monstrous display of military 
genius and power, and was fought with wonderful success for the British 
armies. 

The Newfoundland Regiment reached Arras on Easter Monday. It 
was not until the night of the twelfth, however, when the Battle of Arras 
had reached the end of its fourth day of desperate fighting, that the 
Twenty-Ninth Division took its turn in the front line of attackers in front 
of the village of Monchy-le-Preux. This village was captured by the 
Thirty-Seventh Division on the eleventh. The thirteenth was a compara- 
tively quiet day for our men. No large forward movement was planned 
in this section, and the whole area from north of the Cojeul River to the 
south of the Scarpe was held by the Twenty-Ninth and the Seventeenth 
Divisions, the Twenty-Ninth to the south and the Seventeenth to the 
north. At about 5 :30, on the morning of the fourteenth, both divisions 
advanced for the purpose of testing the enemy strength, and, if possible, 
to push them farther back from Monchy. Their efforts were unsuccessful, 
but the Newfoundland Regiment added new honors to its already splendid 
records at Beaumont Hamel and Gueudecourt. 

The plan of the attack was that the 88th Brigade, which consisted of 
the Newfoundland Regiment, the 1st Essex, the 2nd Hants, and the 4th 
Worcesters should advance in a direction about east from Monchy, on a 
front of about 500 yards. Another brigade of the Twenty-Ninth Division 
was to advance at their right and the Seventeenth Division at their left. 
The attacking troops had not gone far before they were subject to a strong 
German counter-attack and a murderous shell fire from the enemy guns. 
As they advanced, enemy machine guns were turned 
The Advance. on them with terrible results. Despite the heavy shell 
and machine-gun fire, however, our Regiment reached 
part of its objective, though heavy losses were sustained in so doing. 
The brigades which were supposed to advance on the right and on the left 
of the 88th suffered severely from the German barrage and before they 
could advance far were held up by the on-rush of enemy troops. Some 
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of our men reached the enemy trench, but no sooner had they done so 
than they saw strong parties of enemy troops advancing on both sides. 
Before they had time to realize the situation two whole companies of our 
Regiment were hemmed in and were being fired on from all sides. Escape 
was impossible. Small parties of our men fought against whole companies 
of the enemy until many of them were severely wounded and they were 
obliged to give themselves up. All communication by telephone had been 
cut, but at about half past nine, a private of the Essex Regiment ran into 
headquarters and reported that the Newfoundland Regiment had been 
wiped out. Lieutenant Keegan was immediately sent out to find out 
what the exact situation was and bring back a report. He saw the Ger- 
mans coming along victorious, only about 250 yards away. Every man 
available at headquarters was quickly collected together, and, led by 
Lieutenant-Colonel Forbes-Robertson, the little party of sixteen men 
rushed out, collecting weapons and ammunition from dead or wounded 
soldiers as they went, determined, if possible, to hold up the Germans 
until reinforcements arrived. A company of the 2nd Hants, which had 
been brought up by a lieutenant of the Essex Regiment, defended the 
northern flank and prevented the enemy troops from getting around in 
that quarter. The small headquarter's party, which had been reduced 
to nine when they reached the edge of the village, established themselves 
in a grove of trees just outside the village, and every German who came up 
was shot. The nine men held the grove from 10 o'clock in the morning 
until 4 in the afternoon, and at times they were obliged to keep up a rapid 
fire in order to ward off the enemy and keep information as to the number 
by which the important position of Monchy was defended concealed from 
them. German scouts which were sent out never returned; and it is 
obvious that had one scout returned with information as to the exact 
situation Monchy would have been lost, and quite probably the victories 
of the previous four days together with the months of preparation that 
made the victories possible would have been in vain. 

Regarding this engagement Sir Arthur Conan Doyle says: "It was an 
unsuccessful day, and yet it was one of those failures which will be remem- 
bered where facile successes have been forgotten, for it brought with it 
one episode which elicited in the highest degree, the historical qualities 
of British Infantry." It was later discovered that our Regiment and the 
Essex Regiment had held up the advance of a strong German counter- 
attack by a whole Bavarian Division with the intention of retaking 
Monchy. The Newfoundland Regiment simply declined to be beaten. 

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Its courage, stubborn resistance and willing sacrifice undoubtedly saved 
Monchy, and probably the whole splendid success of the Battle of Arras. 
Regarding the Headquarter's Staff Captain (Reverend) Nangle said in 
his lecture on the work of the Regiment: "Lieutenant-Colonel Forbes- 




"THE BOYS WHO SAVED MONCHY AND THE BRITISH LINES" 
Top row, left to right: Lieut. Albert Rose, Pte. Walter Pitcher, Lieut-Col. J. Forbes- 
Robertson, Capt. Kevin Keegan, Sergt. Charles Parsons, Sergt- Ross Waterfield 
Bottom row, left to right: Pte. Fred Curran, Staff Sergt. John J. Hillier, Lance- 
Corpl. Japheth Hounsell. 

Robertson and his eight men are the men who saved Monchy. They 
won fame for themselves; they won fame for the Regiment. The whole 
British army in France honors the names of these nine men for their 
heroic conduct." 

Our Regiment suffered heavily in this action. The casualties included 
Sergeant-Major Gardner, whose splendid achievement at LesBouefs has 
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already been mentioned; Captain Rowsell, and Lieutenants^ Stevenson, 
Smith and Outerbridge. Fortunately most of the losses were in prisoners 
who were rehabilitated after the armistice. Forty-nine men were reported 
killed, 142 wounded, and 296 missing. A number of decorations were 
awarded for heroic and valuable services, but one can well imagineath t 
many of those who advanced to the German trench earned decoration, 
but because their heroic sacrifice and gallant resistance were not witnessed, 
except by the enemy who were 
held up and suffered severe losses 
in consequence, the distinguished 
conduct could not be reported. 

As in the First Battle of the 
Somme, so in the Battle of Arras, 
our Regiment was destined to 
take part 
Les Fosses Farm. in two im- 
portant en- 
gagements. Only nine days after 
the action at Monchy-le-Preux, 
the advance along the British line 
was renewed, and the Regiment 
was brought into conflict with 
the enemy at Les Fosses Farm, a 
short distance to the south-east 
of Monchy. Other battalions of 
the 88th Brigade formed the van 
of the attack, but during the day, 
when a severe counter-attack 
was launched by the enemy 
against the positions taken by 
the 88th and 87th Brigades, our men were drawn into the fight. They 
held on to their positions all day, though subject to severe blows from 
the enemy. On the following days the two brigades made small gains, 
but they were unable to hold them, and fell back upon their old line. 
Captain R. W. Bartlett was awarded the Military Cross for his con- 
spicuous gallantry and devotion to duty at a critical moment when 
our Regiment was being hard pushed by the Germans. 

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splendid account of itself, and suffered severe losses. Our Regiment 
lost in killed, wounded and missing, 550 men of all ranks. 

It will be seen that from the standpoint of numbers, the Regiment was 
too weak to take its position in the front line as a unit until it could be built 
up with fresh drafts from England. During the first part of 1917, which 
was occupied with the four engagements that we have reviewed in this 
chapter, the record of the Regiment was a splendid exhibition of true 
soldierly fighting qualities. Never did a unit display greater valor and more 
persistent resourcefulness than did the Newfoundland Regiment at Monchy. 
In every engagement the men showed such initiative and ability as could 
be expected only from soldiers of much longer experience, and an eager- 
ness and cheerfulness that were admired by all with whom they came in 
contact. Their record in each action stands out as unquestionable tes- 
timony of .the real fight-to-conquer spirit by which they were impelled, 
and the courageous, resourceful manner in which they handled the most 
trying and difficult situations. The severe losses which they had suffered 
almost 800 in killed, wounded and missing, indicate the willingness with 
which they were prepared to sacrifice themselves in order that victory be 
obtained, and the honor of the Regiment and the fame of their country 
increased. 

The following decorations were awarded for conspicuous bravery and 
■ ■"votion to duty during the period reviewed in this chapter: 

Les Boeufs 
Company Sergeant-Major C. Gardner Bar to D. C. M. 

Saill-Salltsl 
Lieutenant G. G. Byrne Military Cross 

Private J. P. Lewis Military Medal 

Lance-Corporal M. Picco Distinguished Conduct Medal 

Monchy-le-Preux 
Captain K. Keegan Military Cross 

Captain J. W. Tocher Military Cross 

Lieutenant-Colonel Forbes-Robertson Distinguished Service Order 




Sergeant J. R. Waterfield 
Corporal J. Hilher 
Corporal C. Parsons 
Lance-Corporal W. Pitcher 
Private F.. Curran 
Private J. Hounsell 
Private A. S. Rose 
Sergeant A. Gooby 

Les Fosses Farm 
Captain R. W. Bartlett 



Military Medal 
Military Medal 
Military Medai 
Military Medal 
Military Medal 
Military Medal 
Military Medal 
Military Medal 

Military Cross 



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CHAPTER IV 



Three Important Engagements in the Latter Part of 1917 






It will be remembered that the operations upon the Somme in the 
autumn of 1916 gave the British armies command of the high ground in 
the Somme district. The Battle of Arras was a 
General Position of the continuation of these operations, and we have 
British Armies. seen how, in the initial days of the battle, our 

Regiment added new laurels to its already 
brilliant record. The operations, covering a period of almost two months 
from April 9, gave the British armies command of the high ground between 
Arras and Lens. Sir Douglas Haig's plan was to continue to attack the 
prolongation of the same ridge in the direction of Ypres. On June the 7th, 
this plan was carried out with notable success in the Battle of Messines. 
In spite of the command of the German Chief that "the enemy must 
not get Messines Ridge at any price," nine miles of commanding country 
were captured and permanently held. Vast preparations were then made 
for a severe blow to the north of Ypres, and on July 31 the Third Battle 
of Ypres began. 

It should be noted in passing that from this time until the end of 1917 
the Allied armies on the Western Front were faced by rapidly increasing 
German armies. The Russian army ceased to exist as a serious force, 
and the German armies that had fought on the Eastern Front were trans- 
ferred to France and Belgium. 

Our Regiment did not take an important part in any engagement for 
four months after the severe fighting at Monchy-le-Preux. Several 

times it was in the support trenches or in reserve 
Ypres Canal. without being brought into conflict with the enemy. 

On the night of July 12, when the Regiment was 
in the front line on the eastern bank of the Ypres Canal, it was subject 
to a heavy bombardment by the enemy. Several parties of our men were 
out placing wire entanglements some distance in front of the trenches 
while parties of the Essex Regiment were digging new trenches farther 
back. While the latter worked on the top of the ridge they could be seen 
against the horizon, and presented the spectacle of much larger numbers. 
Evidently the Germans thought that a big attack was being prepared, 

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and at about 9 o'clock they opened a terrific bombardment and kept it 
up until 4 o'clock the following morning. Our Regiment suffered slight 
casualties, but the Essex men came under the full effect of the 
bombardment. 

It was not until August 16, two weeks after the Third Battle of Ypres 
had begun, however, that our Regiment took its turn in the front line of 
attackers. On July 31, -when the Guards Division undertook to capture 
those ridges which girt in Ypres and dominated it from the north and 
north-east, the only high ground along the line which up to that time had 
not fallen into British hands, our Regiment formed part of the supports. 
The situation was now reversed, and those divisions which had borne 
the brunt of July 31, were now in support, while the old supporting divi- 
sions were in the line. The Twenty-Ninth Division went into the line on 
the western bank of the Steenbeek River the 
Steenbeek River. night of August 15. On the 14th and 15th both 
sides were bombarding heavily, and about 1 1 
o'clock on the night of the 15th the Twenty- Ninth began to lay bridges 
across the river. The advance started from the line of the stream, and 
necessitated a big swing by the left flank, while the right advanced com- 
paratively slowly but assisted the left by an effective flank fire on the 
enemy troops. The left had to advance about 1400 yards to reach its 
objective, while the right had to advance about 800 yards. The first 
objective was Passerelle Farm, the second, Martin's Mill and the final 
meant a straightening up of the line with our Battalion's left at Wyden- 
drift and its right at Langemark. 

The advance started from the bank of the Steenbeek River in the early 
dawning. For the first 500 yards progress was necessarily slow, and made 

under most difficult circumstances. The ground has 
The Advance' been characterized as a "floating swamp," and the term 

will probably convey as accurate an idea as can be given 
of the actual conditions of the ground. As the men waded through the 
swamp some sank to their waist and others deeper, in many cases having 
to remain there until pulled out by more fortunate ones. Unfortunately 
there was little or no time in which to aid a comrade who had sunk into 
the swamp. The advance was preceded by a sweeping barrage, and 
those who could keep themselves above the surface had to keep pace with 
the barrage, otherwise its effectiveness would be lost. One favorable 
circumstance of the advance, however, was the lack of fighting spirit in 
the German troops who defended the position. In many instances they 
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offered no resistance whatever, but either gave themselves up or made 
their escape. They displayed a cowardice and enervation which our men 
had not previously seen so conspicuous among the enemy troops. Th 
first objective was therefore reached with remarkably few casualties 
from the activities of the enemy. The most difficult ground was passed, 
but new obstacles presented themselves. The heavy bombardment by 
the British guns caused the ground for a distance of about 500 yards 
beyond the first objective to be converted into large mud heaps, and huge 
shell holes which in many cases were filled with water. Added to this 
was the fact that some distance beyond there was a large number of enemy 
machine guns in a commanding position and protected by the famous 
pill-boxes, and until they were reached by our men and put out of business 
they did considerable damage. The condition of the ground, which seemed - 
to be the greatest, obstacle, was not so serious, however, as in the first 
part of the attack, and the advance "to the second objective was carried 
out much more rapidly. In less than an hour after the capture of the 
second objective, the Newfoundland Regiment was digging in on the top 
of the ridge, which extended from Langemark on the right to Wyden- 
drift on the left. The village of Langemark itself was taken .by the 
Twentieth Division, which operated on the right of our Regiment. 

The whole advance by the Newfoundland Regiment was carried out 
with admirable regularity and efficiency, and with comparatively few 

casualties. Trouble given by the enemy 
Splendid Advance by Mebus, or pill-boxes, was overcome by 

Newfoundland Regiment, parties which worked around them and 

trapped the occupants. The guns in these 
concrete emplacements could swing through an angle of about twenty 
degrees, and sometimes a party of three or four men would work around 
to the right or the left and once out of range of the guns would rush up 
to the pill-boxes and throw bombs in through the loop-holes. In this way 
whole garrisons of from twenty to fifty enemy troops were instantly put to 
death. In this particular engagement, however, the Germans showed no 
disposition to fight the Newfoundlanders. Only in a few cases did the 
garrisons stick to their batteries and fight until captured or overcome by 
our advancing troops. In many instances the Germans ran from the 
batteries and gave themselves up. In one instance it was found that all 
the enemy troops had fled except an old man whose feet were chained to 
the base of the gun that he was supposed to operate. There were many 
evidences of demoralization among the German troops, and where they did 

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attempt to put up a fight they were quickly disposed of by our men 
Great credit is due the Commanders of the different companies for the 
thorough and courageous manner in which the various obstacles were 
overcome, and the new positions organized with minimum losses to the 
Regiment. 

The engagement brought out a number of high individual qualities. 
At several points of the advance, and after the Regiment had taken its 

final objective, great courage and 
ability were shown by our men. 
Captain R. G. Paterson was 
awarded the Military Cross be- 
cause of the conspicuously cool 
and thorough manner in which 
he handled several difficult situa- 
tions. He showed great skill and 
coolness in laying a tape in front 
of the position of our Battalion 
just before the attack for the 
companies leading the attack to 
form upon. This was of the 
greatest importance, and in doing 
it Captain Paterson exposed him- 
self to very great danger. He 
then led his company with con- 
spicuous courage and judgment 
and captured his objective, kill- 
ing many of the enemy and 
capturing a machine gun. 

Corporal H. Raynes received 

the Distinguished Conduct Medal 
CAPTAIN R. G. PATERSON and the French Croix de Querre 

for the great ability and cool courage which he displayed at one point 
during the advance. His company was held up by the rapid rifle fire of 

the enemy. He took two of his company, Privates J. J. 
RAYNES. Peddle and G. Lacey, and crept around from shell hole to 

shell hole until they got to the rear of the Germans who 
were holding up the advance. They quickly bombed out the four or five 
dug-outs, each one of which contained six or seven Germans, and signaled 
to their company to advance. Their splendid initiative and courage en- 
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abled their company to carry on at this point without a single casualty. 

Privates Peddle and Lacey were both deco- 
PEDDLE and LACEY. rated for the magnificent way in which they 

helped Corporal Hynes to carry out the 
daring and successful attack on the enemy. Private Murray was awarded 

the Military Medal for his noble endurance 
MURRAY. and courage in keeping a machine gun, 

which he was in charge of, continuously 
in operation against the Germans for upwards of 24 hours under most 
adverse conditions of mud and enemy fire. Privates F. Dawe, J. H. 

Simms and E. G. Wiseman rendered similar 
DAWE, SIMMS and valuable service with Lewis guns. At 

WISEMAN. various points of the advance these men 

crept around to the flank or rear of parties 
of enemy troops and operated their guns with admirable success. The 
importance of these individual undertakings cannot be lightly regarded. 
In many instances they meant a complete disregard of personal safety 
in order that the objectives of the Regiment might be reached. 

Alongside these, must be placed the courageous and self-sacrificing 
spirit of such men as Privates T. Meaney and R. Spurrell. These men 

were acting as stretcher-bearers, and during 
MEANEY AND the most intense German bombardment 

SPURRELL. crossed through the mud and water of the 

"floating swamp" several times in an effort 
to save some of their comrades. The work was done under most difficult 
conditions and with great personal risk. 

The advance was a splendid achievement for the Newfoundland Regi- 
ment. It was skillfully conducted by the officers, and every man fought 
his way through mud and water and against German machine gun and 
rifle fire, overcoming all resistance until the final objective was reached. 
The gains were consolidated and held against strong and repeated enemy 
counter-attacks, and with remarkably low casualties for such an achieve- 
ment. The losses to the Regiment included 9 killed, 93 wounded and 
1 missing. 
Only nine days after this engagement, when the Regiment was billeted 
at Elverdinghe, the village was subject to a very heavy 
Elverdinghe. bombardment by enemy guns. The Germans had 
brought up guns that far outdistanced any that had 
previously been used. They shelled areas that were considered entirely 

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outside the theatre of action. On August 25, the village of Elverdinghe 
was practically blown to pieces by these long range guns, and a consider- 
able number of casualties were sustained by the troops that were billeted 
there. The Newfoundland Regiment had 38 casualties, and 7 of these 
were instant deaths. 

Our Battalion spent considerable time in the line and in support trenches 
during the following weeks, but saw no other big engagement until in the 

early days of October, when it moved to Canal Bank, 
Canal Bank. near Ypres. The weather conditions could not be 

more unfavorable for an advance in this sector. For 
weeks past the whole area had been flooded with heavy rains, and the 
ground was a mass of deep soft mud, together with numerous shell holes 
filled with water. It has been described by one writer as a "desolate, 
shell-ploughed landscape, half-liquid in substance, brown as a fresh turned 
field, with no movement upon its hideous expanse, although every crevice 
and pit was swarming with life, and the constant snap of the sniper's 
b.ullet told of watchful, unseen eyes." So terrible were the conditions 
that for three days there was no connection between the right of the 
Twenty-Ninth Division and the left of the Fourth. 

With these conditions to meet and conquer before getting to the real 
enemy, the Newfoundland Battalion left Yypes at 8:30 o'clock on the 

night of October 8. It took four and a half hours to 
Broembeek. cover six miles. With their usual resourcefulness and 

invincible courage the men struggled on through the 
mud, the swamps and the small gullies until they reached the starting 
off point, a line astride the Staden Railway about 300 yards south of 
the Broembeek River, about 1 o'clock the following morning. They 
were ordered to take the third objective, and were lined up on assembly 
behind the 4th Worcester Regiment. At 5 :30 our artillery opened fire. 
The bombardment of the enemy positions lasted for about half an hour 
when it took a line about 50 yards in front of our troops and began creeping 
towards the enemy line. The infantry was supposed to keep pace with 
the creeping barrage, but at the outset our Battalion was confronted 
with an unexpected difficulty. The 4th Worcester Regiment was supposed 
to have bridged the Broembeek and to have continued in the front wave 
until the first two objectives were taken, but owing to the dense fog and 
the difficulties of the ground, direction was lost somewhat, and the bat- 
talions became intermingled. From the first objective onward, the 
Newfoundland Battalion found itself in the front wave of attackers. 

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In the front line were D Company on the right commanded by 2nd Lieu- 
tenant G. Hicks, and A Company on the left, commanded by Captain 
J. A. Ledingham; and in the second line were C Company on the right, 
commanded by Captain K. Keegan, and B Company on the left, com- 
manded by Captain J. Nunns. Captain Ledingham. was fatally wounded 
earh- in the advance, and his place was taken by Lieutenant A. L. Sum- 
mers. At many points during the advance, the Regiment was held up 
by enemy machine-gun fire and sniping from pill-boxes, but by the capable 
leadership of the officers and the daring courage of small parties who 
worked around the pill-boxes and machine guns and put them out of 
action, the advance was carried out successfully. By about 11 o'clock, 
all objectives were taken, and the new position was quickly fortified. 
The Germans__continued sniping heavily during the remainder of the 
forenoon, and large numbers of enemy troops collected around Taube 
Farm for the purpose of retaking the ground that they had lost. The first 
counter-attack took place at about noon, but it was beaten off with severe 
losses to the enemy. All through the afternoon the enemy could be seen 
collecting in great force and making preparations for a much stronger 
attack. At 6:30 they opened a heavy machine gun fire on the position 
occupied by the Newfoundland Battalion and the battalion on the left, 
and began to advance in great numbers. The Battalion on the left was 
driven back, after putting up a stubborn fight, and the Newfoundland 
Regiment was obliged to fall back about 200 yards because of its left 
flank being exposed. This position it held until it was relieved by the 2nd 
Hampshire Regiment during the night. 

In this engagement our Regiment lost 50 men of all ranks in killed, 130 
in wounded and 14 in missing. Among those who were killed was Lieu- 
tenant Stanley Goodyear, Transport Officer. The im- 
GOODYEAR. portance of the work of a transport officer cannot be 
over-estimated. Upon him more than upon any other 
person depended the well-being of the Regiment. Lieutenant Goodyear 
never disappointed the men who looked to him to get their rations to them 
on time. There were numerous ways in which a transport could become 
lost or get temporarily astray, but Goodyear knew of these ways only 
the better to be able to avoid them. He always saw to it that the Regi- 
ment's supplies were delivered as close to the line as possible and with 
clockwork regularity. No man was better appreciated and better liked 
by the Regiment than was Lieutenant Goodyear, and there can be no 
doubt that his attention to duty and the capable manner in which he 

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always carried it out were deserving of the greatest praise. His death 
was a severe loss to the Regiment, and was deeply regretted by every 
man whose happiness and comfort he had worked untiringly and willingly 
to insure. 

There were many instances of conspicuous bravery and ability during 
the engagement. Second Lieutenant G. Hicks took charge of a section 

of the line after several of the officers had become casual- 
HICKS. ties, and by his splendid leadership and ability held 

the position against a severe counter-attack when a 
unit of his flank was forced back. The situation called for the highest 
qualities of skill and courage, and Lieutenant Hicks met the demand 

in an admirable way. Captain R. H. Tait was awarded 
TAIT. the Military Cross because of the resourceful and entirely 

successful manner in which he organized the forming 
up of the Battalion on its assembly position under the most difficult 
circumstances. After reaching the final objective, though the position 
was being shelled heavily and enemy snipers were very plentiful , he made 
a reconnaissance of the whole line, and brought back valuable information. 

Captain J. Nunns did splendid work during the rapid 
NUNNS. advance and all through the severe counter-attacks of 

the enemy. He led his company with great skill in the 
first attack and captured all his objectives. Later in the engagement, 
when in an exposed part of the line, he held his ground for many hours 

against repeated counter-attacks. Second Lieutenant 
CHAFE. E. R. A. Chafe was awarded the Military Cross for the 

highly commendable way in which he measured up to a 
difficult situation. After his company commander was killed he took 
charge, and by his personal energy and courage instilled the greatest 
vigor into the attack, and, in spite of heavy losses, carried the attack 
through with marked success. 

Several other men were decorated because of their great courage and 
valuable services, and among them were some who acted as runners and 
others as stretcher-bearers, work which called for the highest degree 
of endurance and self-sacrifice. The whole engagement was a splendid 
success for the Newfoundland Regiment. Its usual fighting qualities 
were upheld in every difficult part of the action. One more unit of the 
German army had learnt to its sorrow that when it was faced by the 
Newfoundland Battalion it was in for a hard time. 

After the severe fighting in the Broembeek engagement our Regiment 
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saw no further action until the closing days of 1917. By this time the 
Germans had transferred all their best troops from the Eastern Front, 
where they were no longer needed, to the Western Front, and could oppose 
the British with greatly superior numbers. The 
Allied Reverses. Russian debacle was a military disaster of the first 
order. It completely checked for more than six 
months the victorious career of the Allies on the Western Front. Along 
with this came the disaffection and sudden collapse of the Italian Second 
Army, and the capture of upwards of 200,000 Italian troops with large 
stores of ammunition and nearly 2000 guns. Five British Divisions were 
taken from Flanders and sent to relieve the Italian situation. No greater 
proof of Great Britian's loyalty to her Allies could be given. The severe 
fighting in the Paschendaele sector had, however, thinned the German 
ranks farther south, and a surprise blow was prepared by the Field-Marshall 
for the Cambrai area. No part of the famous Hindenburgh line was more 
strongly fortified than was the area around Cambrai, but there were big 
advantages to be considered also. 

It was clear to all who were familiar with the conditions on the British 
front that the success of the undertaking depended entirely upon the 
swiftness with which it was carried out. It was well known that in 48 
hours the Germans could bring up a sufficiently strong force to prevent 
any further advance unless a most advan- 
The Battle of Cambrai. tageous position was gained during that 

time. Shortly after 6 o'clock on the morning 
of November 20, the advance began. The British operations were favored 
by a thick haze which lowered the visibility considerably, and an effective 
smoke-barrage was used to screen the initial steps of the advance. When 
the signal for the advance was given the British guns opened a terrific 
bombardment of the enemy position, and the long line of tanks moved 
majestically forward, breaking down the heavy wire entanglements 
without the least difficulty and crawling invincibly upon the German 
concrete emplacements, the infantry following their lead. Approximately 
400 tanks were lined up to clear the way for the infantry. 

The Newfoundland Regiment had been billeted at Sorel-le-Grand, 
which place it left at 2 .30 on the morning of the 20th and marched up to 
assembly by way of Gauzeaucourt. At 6:20, when the whole line 
moved forward, the Newfoundland Battalion formed the centre of 
the 88th Brigade; the Worcesters were on the left and the Essex on 
the right. The whole Twenty-Ninth Division dashed swiftly forward, 

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and whole platoons of Germans were enveloped and taken prisoners 
before they fully realized what was happening. The 87th Brigade 
seized the village of Marcoing, and the 86th, 
Advance by the Neuf Wood, while the 88th pushed resolutely 

Newfoundland Battalion. on and captured Les Rues Vertes and part of 
Mesnieres. The bridge crossing the Canal de 
l'Escaut at Marcoing was reached and successfully crossed before the fleeing 
Germans could make any progress in their attempt to destroy it. At 
Mesnieres, however, they had succeeded in considerably weakening the 
bridge and when a tank attempted to cross, both the tank and the bridge 
crashed into the Canal. The Newfoundlanders were the first to secure a 
foot-hold on the opposite, bank. They crossed by means of a foot bridge 
which they had secured whilst a more permanent structure was being 
built. They were quickly followed by other units. The advance was 
continued at this point without the aid of the tanks, and the Germans 
were rapidly driven out of the whole of Mesnieres. The whole advance 
was so methodical, determined, and forceful, declining to be halted at 
any point, that numerous gallant deeds and heroic sacrifices must have 
gone unnoticed, but the splendid success represented the courage and 
ability of all. The position held by the Twenty- 
The Twenty-Ninth in Ninth Division was a very serious one for the 
Pivotal Position. enemy. It was a commanding position, and 

if the advance from this point on the 21st 
could be conducted with the success that attended the previous day's 
operations, the town of Cambrai with all its important net-work of rail- 
ways would be in British possession. For this reason the Germans threw 
all their force against this point, and on the 21st, and, in fact, from the 21st 
until the 27th, the enemy made ceaseless desperate attempts to drive the 
Twenty-Ninth Division across the Canal so as to regain possession of 
Mesnieres and Marcoing. 

Meanwhile the Germans had brought up a strong force of reserves 
and were preparing to strike back at the British with the full weight of 
their advantageous position and the full strength 
Germans Brought of their reserves. The 28th and 29th were quiet 
up Reserves. on both sides. It was a case of a calm before a 

great storm. Our Regiment was out of the line, 
enjoying a short rest in the village of Mesnieres, when on the morning 
of the 30th, the German great counter-attack burst forth in all its fury. 
Two companies of the Newfoundland Battalion went to the assistance 
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of the Twentieth Division, which was being severely pressed by the 
Germans, and the other two companies took a position in their old trenches 
on the left of the Twentieth. 

The fighting during the following four days was terrific. Both the 
Twentieth Division on the right and the Sixth on the left were driven 
back, and our men were obliged to take a position 
Newfoundlanders at the south-western outskirts of Mesnieres. The 
Fell Back. whole Twenty-Ninth Division was in for a trying 

experience. Both flanks were being rapidly exposed 
by the supporting divisions, being forced back, and there was great danger 
that the enemy would force their way around the south and cut off the 
withdrawal of the Twenty-Ninth. The Germans pushed their way into 
the village of Gouzaecourt, Headquarters of the Twenty-Ninth Division, 
and came alarmingly near to capturing General de Lisle. He grabbed 
his papers and a revolver, and made his escape on horseback after the 
German infantry had entered the village. For two whole days the New- 
foundland Battalion with other units of the Twenty-Ninth fought desper- 
ately against repeated German attacks, without giving an inch. Every 
machine gun, except one, which had been supporting the advance post 
held by the Division, had been captured. On the night of December 1, 
when it became clear that the position could not be held except at very 
great sacrifice, orders were given for a general readjustment of the line 
by the evacuation of Mesnieres sector. Two ' units, however, the New- 
foundlanders and the South Wales Borderers, were left on the north side 
of the Canal. No greater compliment could be paid these two battalions. 
The position was one of extreme danger and difficulty, and required the 
greatest courage and ability on the part of the defending troops. They 
were practically unsupported by artillery or machine gun fire, while they 
were incessantly subject to a most destructive enemy machine gun fire. 
This part of the engagement proved beyond doubt that "the mechanical 
side of modern warfare can never quite eliminate the brave pushing heart 
and the strong arm." 

It was a cruel experience for the most seasoned soldiers, but the New- 
foundland Battalion fought through it with a courage and determination 
that would not give in. All through the 2nd and until the evening of 
the 3rd of December they held the northern bank of the Canal. When 
it was decided that a withdrawal was advisable, because the position was 
not worth the sacrifice necessary to hold it, the two battalions got hack 
to their new position on the southern bank with splendid discipline and 
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with remarkably few losses. Our Regiment occupied a trench which 
ran from the Canal to a road that runs about south-west from Les Rues 
Vertes, about midway between Marcoing and Mesnieres. This position 
it held, except a stretch of about 100 yards, until the morning of December 
4, when it was relieved by another battalion. 

The magnificent work of the Newfoundland Regiment in this battle won 






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CAPTAIN G. J. WHITTY 



CAPTAIN H. RENDELL 



for it the title "ROYAL." When relief came the survivors of the Batta- 
lion could look back over their work as a unit with entire satisfaction. 

Previous engagements in which the Regiment had taken part lasted 
generally one day. But in many respects the Marcoing-Mesnieres engage- 
ment, lasting as it did over a period of two weeks, and, except for two days' 
intermission, at maximum strength and exertion, was an endurance test 
of the highest order. It was a test, however, to which the Newfoundland 
Regiment stood up with unabated courage and perseverance, and many 

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of the men were decorated for deeds of conspicuous valor and untiring 
devotion to duty. Captain Bertram Butler again dis- 
BUTLER. tinguished himself. After two attacks were held up, 

on his own initiative he organized and led another attack 
and captured the position. It was a magnificient display of resourceful- 
ness and determination. Lieutenant G. J. Whitty was a 
WHITTY. Signalling Officer. When several of the officers had been 
knocked out, he went forward on his own initiative and 
assisted in organizing an attack. He personally led a charge in an able 
manner and with entirely successful results. Captain H. 
RENDELL. Rendell was in command of a strong point that was very 
heavily bombarded. When his trench was blown in, he 
withdrew his survivors in an orderly manner to a neighboring trench. 
He got a supply of bombs together, and as soon as the shelling ceased, 
he led a bombing party, drove out the Germans and re-established the 
position. By his initiative and determination he saved a vital point. 
Many other men were decorated for their courageous and valuable ser- 
vices in various capacities. As would be expected from such a long and 
severe engagement, in which the Regiment had put forth its bravest 
and most determined effort, heavy casualties were sustained. Seventy- 
nine men were reported killed, 340 wounded and 43 missing. 

The following is a list of the decorations awarded for conspicuous 
bravery and devotion to duty in the three actions reviewed in this chapter : 




Captain R. G. Paterson 
Sergeant T. Dunphy 
Corporal R. Raynes 
Captain R. W. Bartlett 
Sergeant A. Hammond 
Private J. H. Simms 
Lance-Corporal J. Rose 
Private P. O'Neil 
Private G. Mullett 
Private A. Murray 
Private J. J. Peddle 
Private E. G. Wiseman 
Private T. J. Meaney 



Steenbeek. 

Military Cross 

Distinguished Conduct Medal 

Distinguished Conduct Medal 

Bar to Military Cross 

Military Medal 

Military Medal 

Military Medal 

Military Medal 

Military Medal 

Military Medal 

Military Medal 

Military Medal 

Military Medal 



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Private H. Spurrell 
Private G. Laee}f 
Private F. Dawe 





Captain R. H. Tait 
Captain J. Nunns 
Second Lieutenant G. Hicks 
Second Lieutenant E. Chafe 
C. S. M., A. Taylor 
Captain K. Keegan 
Sergeant— C. Spurrell 
Sergeant R. Purcell 
Sergeant J. J. Murphy 
Sergeant A. Davis 
Corporal L. Hollett 
Private W. Sutton 
Private T. J. Meaney 
Sergeant E. Boutcher 
Sergeant E. Aitken 
Corporal H. Butler 
Corporal L. Fitzpatrick 
Corporal H. Tansley 
Corporal E. Nichol 
Lance-Corporal J. Dunn 
Lance-Corporal C. Pafiord 
Private J. Abbott, 
Private A. Hennebury 
Private P. McDonald 
Private H. Bowden 
Private J. Davis 
Private A. Adams 
Private A. Bulgin 
Private W. Jewer 
Private A. Goudie 
Private A. Paddick 
Private F. Recs 
Private W. Moore 



Military Medal 
Military Medal 
Military Medal 



R EMBEEK 

Military Cross 

Military Cross 

Military Cross 

Military Cross 

Military Cross 

Bar to Military Cross 

Distinguished Conduct Medal 

Distinguished Conduct Medal 

Distinguished Conduct Medal 

Distinguished Conduct Medal 

Distinguished Conduct Medal 

Distinguished Conduct Medal 

Bar to Military Medal 

Military Medal 



Military Medal 
Military Medal 
Military Medal 
Military Medal 
Military Medal 
Military Medal 
Military Medal 
Military Medal 
Military Medal 
Military Medal 
Military Medal 
Military Medal 
Military Medal 
Military Medal 
Military Medal 
Military Medal 
Military Medal 
Military Medal 
Military Medal 

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Captain Bertram Butler 
Captain R. G. Paterson 
Captain H. Rendell 
Lieutenant G. Whitty 
R. S. M., A. Taylor 
Sergeant L. Fitzpatrick 
C. S. M., A. J. Janes 
Sergeant M. G. Winter 
Corporal E. Cheeseman 
Corporal E. Joy 
Lance-Corporal T. Cook 
Private L. Moore 
Private J. Loveless 
Private J. Hennebury 
Private H. Dibbon 
Private W. Fowlow 
Private T. A. Pittman 
Private P. Power 
Private A. J. Stacey 
Sergeant A. Davis 
Private M. Bennett 
Corporal J. J. Collins 
Corporal R. LeDrew 
Lance-Corporal J. G. W. 
Private H. Knee 
Private E. Goodie 
Corporal C. Parsons 



Distinguished Service Order 

Bar to Military Cross 

Military Cross 

Military Cross 

Distinguished Conduct Medal 

Distinguished Conduct Medal 

Distinguished Conduct Medal 

Military Medal 

Military Medal 

Military Medal and Bar 

Military Medal 

Military Medal 

Military Medal 

Military Medal 

Military Medal 

Military Medal 

Military Medal 

Military Medal 

Military Medal 

Military Medal 

Military Medal 

Military Medal 

Military Medal 

Hagen Military Medal 

Military Medal 

Military Medal and Bar 

Bar to Military Medal 




The severe fighting that the Regiment had gone through in the Mar- 
coing-Mesnieres engagement and the heavy losses sustained, necessitated 

a long period for recuperation and rebuilding. 
Back to Rest Camp. Fortunately the need came at a time when the 

severe fighting of 1917 was over, and preparations 
were being made all through the British Armies for the unpleasant outlook 
of the following spring. The journey back to winter quarters was made 
over roads, which, in many places, were blocked with deep banks of snow. 
It was typical Newfoundland winter weather ; but the thought of spending 
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Christmas and enjoying a rest in a French town took the edge off all hard- 
ships and gave them a tinge of cheerful anticipation. Many good stories 
could be told., and are told in other places, of experiences in French towns. 
A special Christmas dinner was given to the Newfoundlanders at Fressen, 
and a Battalion mess dinner was held during the night. It was a much 
enjoyed day. "the other side of a soldier's life." 















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CHAPTER V 
The Closing Year of the War 

When the campaign opened on the Western Front in the spring of 1918, 
the outlook for the Allies was anything but bright. The Germans had 
completed their preparations for a last desperate 
General Situation effort to defeat the British and French armies. Their 
in Spring of 1918. plan was to separate the British from the French. 
The Russian exit had almost doubled the number 
of German infantry available for the west, and from November, 1917, 
until March, 1918, when the whole German military genius and power 
were let loose, an endless succession of troop trains bore the divisions 
which bad extended from the Baltic to the southern boundary of Russia 
to swell the formidable array already marshalled across France and 
Belgium. By the middle of March, when the German preparations were 
completed, there were pitted against the British from the Scarpe to the 
Oise about five German troops to every two British. The outlook was 
most pessimistic, but the situation was handled by the Commander- 
in-Chief and his Generals in a way that reflects great credit on their almost 
unlimited resourcefulness. It was obvious from the outset that much 
ground would have to be given up, but it was sold at such an enormous 
price that before many months the British and French could begin an 
offensive that knew no let-up until victory was proclaimed, and the 
Central Powers were obliged to accept an inglorious defeat. 

The British and French Commanders were determined that the inevit- 
able onslaught would be met with the same invincible spirit that had 
impelled their forces for almost four years. Along with the numerous 
other units that went to make up the British armies, the Newfoundland 
Regiment was rebuilt during the winter months. After spending 25 
days in the Paschendaele sector, it left for the Somme on April 10, but 
when news of the Armentieres reverses were received it was diverted to 

that area. A position was taken about midway 
Bailleul-Nieppe. between Bailleul and Nieppe, a short distance to the 

south of Armentieres. On the morning of the 13th, 
A Company, under Lieutenant E. Chafe, went into the line between the 
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Hampshires and the Monmouths, and about noon, C Company was sent 

up in support of A Company. B and D Companies were in reserve. 

Everything went well until about 4:30 when the battalion on the left 

fell back, and exposed the left flank 
to a strong enemy attack. Lieu- 
tenant Moore and his platoon faced 
the enemy onrush and put up a 
gallant and stubborn fight until they 
were surrounded and taken pri- 
soners. Their sacrifice, however, 
was not in vain. Their heroic 
resistance completely took the edge 
off the German attack, and the re- 
mainder of C Company and Head- 
quarters were able to hold their 
position along a light railway line. 
Practically the same situation ex- 
isted on the right flank. A Com- 
pany lost its left wing, and for a 
time nothing could be heard of it. 
Later, however, it formed up, and 
with the assistance of Headquarters, 
stopped the enemy advance and 
formed a junction with C Company 
on the right. Both Companies put 
up a gallant fight, and too much 
credit cannot be given the heroic 
troops and the commanders for 
the high soldier-like spirit which 
they displayed in defending their 
position. B and D Companies, under 
command of Captain C. S. Strong, 
came up to the line about 6 o'clock 
in the evening and were assigned to 
a position ©n the left where the 
enemy showed signs of working 
around. They successfully counter 

attacked a small wood close to our line in which the enemy had penetrated. 
On the following day, owing to a dangerous situation developing on the 
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CAPTAIN CHARLES ST. CLAIR STRONG, 

Whose capable leadership coupled with his 
pirit of comradeship made him one of 
t liked officers of the Regiment. 



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hi-h "round at Neuve Eglise, a general withdrawal to the Ravelsburg 
Heights was decided on, and was successfully carried out. The New- 
foundland Battalion, in its position near DeBroeken, was entrusted with 
covering this withdrawal. The day passed quietly until 5 p.m., when 
the enemy attacked with great force and penetrated the British line near 
LeSeau Their advance continued until about 6:30, when they were 
stopped by D Company. Captain J. Clift, who commanded D Company 
showed great judgment and 
ability in meeting the enemy 
onrush. He caught them in mass 
in the open, and had so arranged 
his men with Lewis guns that 
very few of the Germans es- 
caped. More German infantry 
rushed up, however, and for a 
time it looked as though part of 
the Battalion would be surround- 
ed. A Company and hah of B 
Company were deployed to the 
right, the other half of B Com- 
pany being sent to fill a gap be- 
tween A and D Companies. 
The left wing of D Company 
was being hard pressed, and 
showed signs of being turned, 
but again Captain Clift showed 
great presence of mind and 
initiative in handling a dangerous 
situation. He immediately ex- 
tended his left, and as soon as 
C Company could be escheloned 

on the left flank, Captain Clift personally collected some remnants of the 
Northumberland Fusillieres and filled a gap between C and D Companies. 
By Captain Cliffs great energy and ability, and the invincible courage 
of the men under him, the situation was saved. The Germans were only 
25 yards from our line when they were stopped. 

Under cover of darkness the remainder of the 88th Brigade withdrew 
to the Ravelsburg Heights along a previously laid tape line. The order 
was then given for the Newfoundland Battalion to fall back, which was 

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done successfully and with perfect discipline. The Battalion passed 
through the line taken by the Hampshires and 4th Worcesters, and took a 
position in the rear, forming a counter-attacking battalion. The 15th 
passed quietly, and at 5 o'clock on the morning of the 16th the Regiment 
marched back to Croix de Poperinghe, where some much needed sleep was 
obtained. Owing to the threatening advance of the enemy, however, 
the Newfoundland Regiment was hurried back to the line during the 
afternoon, and was not again relieved until the 21st. During this late 
period there was no fighting, apart from two intense bombardments by 
the Germans. Only one shell fell in the trench occupied by our Battalion, 
and that was not attended with any casualty. 

As in previous engagements in which the Regiment had taken part, 
so in this engagement many men were decorated because of conspicuously 
gallant conduct and valuable services, and four or five typical instances 
are taken to illustrate their individual heroism and ability. The remark- 
ably fine work of Captain J. Clift has already been mentioned. On April 

13, Sergeant E. Gulliksen was in charge of a platoon 
GULLIKSEN. on the left flank, and after the Battalion on his left 

had withdrawn, he held on to his post until he was 
practically surrounded. When the order was given him to withdraw, 
he did so in a most skiHful and orderly manner, and although subjec 
to heavy machine gun and rifle fire he got back to his new position with 
remarkably few casualties under such circumstances. His own work 
in the withdrawal was a fine display of courage and ability. On the same 

day Sergeant C. Curnew and Private W. R. Saunders did 
CURNEW. splendid work. When Sergeant Curnew was advancing over 

the open he showed great bravery and coolness in leading 
his platoon. After he had reached his objective he kept moving up and 
down the section of the line held by his men, directing their fire and 
watching the movements of the enemy. Private Saunders was wounded 

during the advance, but he wouldn't give in. He was 
SAUNDERS. determined to carry on, and he did so until he brought 

his Lewis gun carriers to their objective. Private 
Saunders, apparently, gave no thought to his personal safety, but thought 

only of carrying out the work that was assigned to him, 
BENDALL and however great the danger and the hardships involved, in 
YETMAN. order that the operations of his platoon might be suc- 

cessful. After an intense bombardment on the 18th, 
Privates F. Bendall and N. Yetman volunteered to reconnoitre forward 
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positions which were supposed to be occupied by the enemy. Both 
men carried out their work coolly and successfully, though with extreme 
dan-er to themselves, and returned with valuable information to their 
commander. Private S. White showed great resource- 
WHITE. fulness when occasion demanded it of him. The Non- 

commissioned Officer in charge of his party was wounded 
and Private White took charge, and with great courage and initiative 
successfully defeated several enemy attacks on his position. He held his 
"round until the order was given to withdraw to another position. Dur- 
hia the whole engagement, the Regiment maintained its high reputation 
as°a fighting unit, and made the Germans pay heavily for every foot of 
ground given up. 

In this action our Regiment suffered in casualties, 50 killed, 133 wounded, 
and 16 missing. The loss of 200 men was a severe blow to the Regiment 
at this time. The trained men available were not 
Regiment Taken sufficient to bring it up to fighting strength for some 
Out of Line. time. Also there was the fact that a number of 

the men of the first contingent, The Blue Puttees, 
those who had survived the strain and hardships of three years' severe 
fiahtincr should be given leave to return home, at least, for a brief holiday. 
This course was decided on. The result of the two circumstances was 
that our Battalion had to be taken out of the famous Twenty-Ninth 
Division, and replaced by another unit. No greater tribute could be 
paid any unit than that contained in the words of 
High Tribute to Major-General D. E. Cayley, commanding the 
Regiment. Twenty-Ninth Division: "In bidding goodbye to 

the Royal Newfoundland Regiment on their departure 
from the Twenty-Ninth Division, I wish to place on record my very great 
regret at their withdrawal from a Division in which they have served so 
Ion- and so brilliantly. The whole of their active service since September, 
1915, has been performed in this Division, and during all that time the 
Battalion has shown itself to be under all circumstances of good and bad 
fortune, a splendid fighting unit. At Suvla, Beaumont Hamel, Gueu- 
decourt, Monchy, Ypres, Cambrai, and during the last fighting near 
Bailleul, they have consistently maintained the highest standard of fighting 
efficiency and determination. They can look back on a record of which 
they and their fellow-countrymen have every right to be proud. 

"I wish Lieutenant-Colonel Woodruffe and all ranks the best of luck 

in the future." 

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The Regiment went back to rest, and became rebuilt with small drafts 
that were slowly arriving from England. It was more than four months, 
however, before it went back to the line again, and during that time it 
was given the honor and privilege of being guards to the Commander- 
in-Chief. 

It should be noted in passing that on May 11, 1918, the Newfoundland 
Government passed a "Military Service Act," which was a form of selec- 
tive conscription. The measure was adopted too late to be of any benefit, 
a fact, of course, which was not known at that time. It was long realized 
that sufficient volunteers were not forthcoming to maintain the Regiment 
as a separate fighting unit, but it remained for our legislators to cast the 
one dark blot on the enviable military record of our Battalion, that of 
having to be taken out of the line because sufficient trained troops were not 
available to bring the Battalion up to fighting strength. 

Meanwhile, the tide had turned. The mighty avalanche of infantry, 
guns and ammunition that was let loose at the junction of the British 
and the French armies on March 20 had been brought to a complete stand- 
still, and when our Regiment again entered the line in September, the 
Allied avalanche had started a counter-sweep, which was destined to 
culminate in victory. 

On September 20, the Newfoundland Regiment took over a line of 
trenches in front of Ypres, about 2000 yards behind the line occupied by 
our Battalion in the Steenbeek engagement, 1917. The Regi- 
Ypres. ment now formed part of the 28th Brigade of the Ninth Division. 
No actual fighting took place until the 28th, when, in conjunc- 
tion with a Belgian unit on the left and the Twenty-Ninth Division on 
the right, the Ninth Division was ordered to attack and capture a line 
running from Zonnebeke through Polygon. At 5.30 on the morning 
of the 28th, the British guns opened a terrific bombardment, and half 
an hour after, the Newfoundland Battalion went over, D Company moving 
in artillery formation with its centre on Plank Road and B Company 
in the direction of Rifle Farm. A and C Companies were in support. 
The advance progressed steadily, and, except for a short duel with a 
machine gun in Chateau Wood, was uninterrupted during its early stages. 
By noon the first objecitve was captured and organized for defense. 
During the evening an enemy counter-attack was expected from Keiberg, 
and the front line platoons were ordered to put up a single line of trip 
wire. The attack did not materialize, however, and the evening passed 
quietly. 



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Shortly after 7 o'clock on the morning of the 29th, the advance was 
continued in conjunction with the Belgians on the left, whose objective 
was Moorsledge, and with the Thirty-Sixth Divi- 
Advance sion on the right, whose objective was Ter- 

Continued hand. In the Newfoundland Battalion the front 

on Second Day. line was comprised of A Company on the right, 

C Company in the centre and two platoons of B 
Company on the left. D Company and the remainder of B Company 
were in support. There was practically no artillery support, and when 
our Battalion crossed the Broodseind-Bacelaere Road it came under 
heavy enemy machine gun fire. On the left the enemy put down a heavy 
barrage, while on the right there was considerable rifle fire from Celtic 
Wood. Along the whole of the forward slopes the advance had to be 
carried out by rushes. At Keiberg Ridge, especially, did the enemy 
troops put up a strong resistance, and it was only by the most determined 
pushing that the Regiment was able to cross the valley. For a time 
B Company was held up by a six-inch gun with open sights and supported 
by machine guns. After much difficulty and great personal risk, half a 
platoon worked around and succeeded in gaining superiority over the 
machine guns. They then rushed the six-inch gun and killed the gun 
crew. This was a highly important piece of work. It enabled the Bel- 
gians to get north of Keiberg, and it enabled B Company to continue its 
advance in line with the other troops. It was reported by the artillery 
that the road was so blocked with German dead after the brief but fierce 
contest that all traffic was held up for a considerable time. About noon, 
A Company was held up by enemy machine guns which were in a com- 
manding position, and by 2 o'clock the advance of the Newfoundland 
Battalion had ceased. Later in the day, B Company and parts of A and 
C Companies went forward with the 26th Brigade and helped to capture 
the village of Dadizeele. 

The advance during these two days again brought out the fighting 
qualities with which the Royal Newfoundland Regiment was endowed. 
At several points, where the enemy showed strong resistance, individual 
initiative and courage enabled the advance to continue. On the second 
day of the engagement there were several such instances for which decora- 
tions were awarded. Captain C. S. Frost was in 
FROST. command of the left flank company of the Battalion. 

He led his company with great dash, and kept Head- 
quarters well informed as to the situation. When the advance was held 
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up at Keiberg Ridge by a six-inch gun and two machine guns, he pushed 
his Lewis guns out to both flanks, and made a direct attack by short 
rushes with a platoon. He assisted in capturing the three guns, and his 
prompt action led to the capture of the ridge. After the capture of Kei- 
berg Ridge, an enemy machine gun opened fire about 
WILLIAMSON. 80 yards in the rear. With one runner, 2nd Lieutenant 
H. Williamson dashed towards the spot and opened 
fire with his revolver, shooting both gunners. Later in the day when 
his company commander was killed, he took command and led the com- 
pany successfully to its final objective. Second 
TAYLOR. Lieutenant A. E. Taylor acted in conjunction with 

Captain Frost in the capture of Keiberg Ridge. He 
led his platoon forward by short rushes, and played a very important 
part in capturing the enemy guns that were holding up the advance. 
On the same day, Sergeant R. F. Stanford distin- 
STANFORD. guished himself by his conspicuous courage and 

coolness. When the right flank of his company was 
held up by machine gun fire from a farm house about 200 yards away 
he took six men with him in an attempt to outflank the guns. By the 
time he had gone 100 yards all the party except one man and himself, 
were casualties. As soon as he got near enough, he threw a bomb, and then 
dashed into the farm house. He defeated the enemy gunners and captured 
the two guns. Private J. H. O'Quinn displayed a 
O'QUINN. spirit of heroism and sacrifice of a very high order. 

During the attack on Keiberg Ridge he voluntarily 
went forward 100 yards in advance of his company to reconnoitre thick 
grass and bushes in front. He came upon three enemy snipers, all of whom 
he bayonetted. Later he carried an important message to Brigade Head- 
quarters through heavy machine gun and shell fire. In the afternoon 
of the same day, although wounded, he carried on with his platoon until 
he fell, weak from loss of blood. Several runners and stretcher-bearers 
were also decorated for their heroic and valuable services. 

Throughout the two days' fighting, the Royal Newfoundland Regiment 
lived up to its high reputation. Although the weather conditions were 
very unfavorable, the ground for the most part being a mass of heavy 
mud and the troops' clothes soaked by the torrential rains, the advance 
was carried out with admirable regularity. The whole British line was 
moving on to victory, and the part held by our Battalion was moved 
forward in conjunction with the rest 

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During the following two weeks, the Regiment was in the line con- 
tinually, except for short relief periods, but saw no close fighting until 
October 14, when an advance from the north of 
Ledgehem. Ledgehem was begun. On the night of October 13, 

the Battalion marched from Keiberg to the front line, 
along a railway just north of Ledgehem. The attack started at 5.30 
on the following morning, with B Company on the right and D Company 
on the left in the front wave, and A and C Companies in the second wave. 
The advance, for a considerable distance, was carried out under the most 
extraordinary circumstances. The smoke and high explosive barrage, 
together with the very thick mist which was rising from the ground, 
made it impossible to see more than a few yards distance, and the advance 
had to be earned out by compass bearing. Owing to this condition a 
large number of prisoners were captured in cellars and pill-boxes without 
putting up any fight whatever. At this stage of the advance one platoon 
alone captured 34 machine guns. As the Battalion neared the village of 
Neerhof, however, a light breeze sprang up and dispersed the fog and 
smoke. The whole Brigade was immediately reorganized on a line running 
north and south in front of Neerhof, and the advance was continued. 
All through the Regiment's advance to the high ground its operations 
were hampered and at points severely contested by heavy artillery fire. 
This was greatly intensified when the high ground was reached. A 
platoon of B Company undertook to outflank the hostile artillery, and 
after many daring and difficult undertakings succeeded in putting it out 
of commission and inflicting heavy casualties on the enemy troops who 
operated it. During the day, the Newfoundland Battalion captured over 
500 prisoners and 100 machine guns. 

At 9 o'clock on the 15th, the advance was continued with the whole 
28th Brigade in reserve, and very little opposition was met until the Lys 
River was reached. The Newfoundland Battalion did 
Lys River. not again go into the front line until the night of the 19th, 
when it took a position near the west bank of the Lys. 
At 5.30, on the morning of the 20th, the Lys was crossed, and half an 
hour afterwards the advance was continued under a sweeping barrage. 
During the day the Regiment was subject to machine gun fire almost 
continually, and, although the front line was steadily pushed forward 
with great courage and determination, it was not without heavy casualties. 
At 4 p. m., the railway at Vichte was crossed, but owing to advantageous 
positions being held by enemy guns and the left flank of our Battalion 
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being exposed to a very heavy enfilade fire from machine guns, the advance 
was temporarily halted. For a whole day the left of the Battalion was 
out of touch with any other unit, being about 600 yards from the 26th 
Brigade, the nearest unit. Shortly after a connection was effected with 
a unit of the Thirty-Sixth Division, the Newfoundland Regiment was 
relieved by the 12th Royal Scots, and marched back to Harlebeke, 
at which place it arrived about 2 o'clock on the morning of the 22nd. 

After a short rest, the Regiment again marched up to the front line 
on the 24th, and prepared for its last full day's conflict with the enemy, 
which took place on the following day. The Battalion, except B Company, 
was in reserve until about noon, when A and C Companies were ordered 
up for the purpose of taking a strong position held by the enemy south- 
east of Scheldt. To capture the position by a direct attack, however, 
was deemed to be too costly an undertaking, and about 5 o'clock it was 
decided to hold the line then occupied. After dark the Regiment with- 
drew to the support trenches. On the following day, after a patrol of 
the front line, the Regiment marched back to billets at Harlebeke, and 
when next it started to move toward Berlin it was with unqualified victory 
stamped indelibly on its gallant and determined efforts. 

Regarding this last engagement in which the Newfoundlanders took 
part it must be said that although the Regiment was considerably weakened 
by the long period of severe fighting, individual courage and initiative 
were at no time more persistently conspicuous. It was in this engage- 
ment that Sergeant Ricketts won his V. C, the only V. C. awarded to the 
Newfoundland Battalion. Alongside the record of Sergeant Ricketts 
must be placed the great courage and ability of Lance-Corporal M. Brazil, 
the gallantry and quick resourcefulness of Lieutenant A. S. Newman 
and Lieutenant F. H. Hopson, the self-abnegation and great ability of 
such men as Corporal A. Whelan, Private T. Cobin, Private J. E. Mooney, 
Private M. Walsh, Private H. Trask, Private E. O'Brien and Private J. 
Clark, and the invincible soldier-like spirit of such men as Corporal P. 
C. Mew, Private M. Power, and Private R. Powers. These men and 
many others displayed such high soldierly qualities that the Royal 
Newfoundland Regiment will forever be admired by those who best 
knew it as a fighting unit. In many ways the engagement was a fitting 
conclusion to the splendid record that the Regiment had so persistently 
maintained in every action in which it was called on to take part. 

Following is a list of the decorations awarded for conspicuous bravery 
and devotion to duty in the three engagements reviewed in this chapter: 

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Armentieres 
Captain J. Clift 
Second Lieutenant J. Mifflin 



Private T. A. Pittman Distinguished 

Sergeant E. Gulliksen Distinguished 

C. Q. M. S. W. Haynes Distinguished 

Lance-Corporal M. Brazil 

Sergeant C. Curnew 

Private F. Bendell 

Lance-Corporal P. Sullivan 

Private W. R. Saunders 

Private N. Yetman 

Private H. Snow 

Private S. White 

Private G. Thomas 

Private J. Gosse 

Sergeant D. Surge 

Lance-Corporal J. G. W. Hagen 



Military Cross 
Military Cross 
Conduct Medal 
Conduct Medal 
Conduct Medal 
Military Medal 
Military Medal 
Military Medal 
Military Medal 
Military Medal 
Military Medal 
Military Medal 
Military Medal 
Military Medal 
Military Medal 
Military Medal 
Bar to Military Medal 



Paschendaele 



Captain J. Frost 

Second Lieutenant H. Williamson 

Major H. Windeler 

Second Lieutenant A. E 

Sergeant A. S. Rose 

Sergeant E. Stanford 

Private J. H. O'Quinn 

Private R. Powers 

Sergeant G. L. Greene 

Corporal W. Joy 

Lance-Corporal J. O'Rourke 

Lance-Corporal W. J. Woolfrey 

Private J. Murphy 

Private J. E. Mooney 

Private M. Walsh 

Private R. B. Reid 

Private W. Gough 

Private A. Lee 



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Military Cross 

Military Cross 

Military Cross 

Taylor Bar to Military Cross 

Distinguished Conduct Medal 

Distinguished Conduct Medal 

Distinguished Conduct Medal 

Distinguished Conduct Medal 

Military Medal 

Military Medal 

Military Medal 

Military Medal 

Military Medal 

Military Medal 

Military Medal 

Military Medal 

Military Medal 

Military Medal 





Private J . Clarke 
Private A. Adams 
Private G. Mullett 



Military Medal 
Bar to Military Medal 
Bar to Military Medal 



Ledgehem 
Private T. Ricketts 
Lieutenant A. S. Newman 
Lieutenant F. A. Hopson 
Lieutenant G. Hicks 
Corporal C. Carter 
Lance-Corporal M. Brazil 
Private W. Anthony 
Private S. Greenslade 
Private T. Corbin 
Corporal A. Whelan 
Lance-Corporal H. Gardner 
Private R. Powers 
Private D. Curtis 
Corporal P. C. Mew 
Private A. Smith 
Private H. Trask 
Private E. O'Brien 
Private W. P. King 
Private M. Power 
Sergeant E. Aitken 



Victoria Cross 

Military Cross 

Military Cross 

Bar to Military Cross 

Distinguished Conduct Medal 

Distinguished Conduct Medal 

Distinguished Conduct Medal 

Distinguished Conduct Medal 

Distinguished Conduct Medal 

Distinguished Conduct Medal 

Military Medal 

Military Medal 

Military Medal 

Military Medal 

Military Medal 

Military Medal 

Military Medal 

Military Medal 

Military Medal 

Bar to Military Medal 







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NEWFOUNDLAND! 

There lies a land in the west and north 
Whither the bravest men went forth, 
And daunted not by fog or ice 
They came at last to a Paradise. 
Full two thousand miles it lay 
Washed by a sea of English grey; 
And they called it Newfoundland at sight, 
It's rather the land of Heart's Delight. 

I have seen the Mediterranean's blue 

Lazily lapping the southern shores, 
And groves where the orange blossoms grow, 

And the cypress shading cathedral doors. 
I have seen the moon in the desert place 
Flooding the pyramid's stony face, 
And crowned by the banks of the sacred Nile, 
Pharoahs, carved in an ancient style ; 

All I have loved and known. 
But on moonlight nights, in the land I love, 
I have slept with the stars and trees above, 
By a big log fire that sputters and creeks, 
And a river that sobs itself to sleep, 
And perhaps with frightened eyes that blink 
The timid deer comes down to drink; 

These I have loved and known. 

I have seen sweet places in foreign lands, 
Gardens tended by cunning hands, 
Houses old as the hills in fame, 
Bearing the weight of a noble name ; 

All I have seen and known. 
But Nature gardens the land I choose, 
And gives her names such as lovers use ; 
Fortune Bay — was the fortune Love ? 
Conception — borrowed from Heaven above ; 



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Breakheart Point — what a world of woe — 
A maiden watching her lover go. 
Heart's Content — here they came at last, 
When the toil and grief of their life was past ; 
These I have loved and known. 



There lies a land in the west and north 

Whither the bravest men went forth ; 

And daunted not by fog nor ice 

They came at last to a Paradise. 

A land to be won by the men who durst, 

No wonder the British chose it first, 

And they called it Newfoundland at sight, 

It's rather the land of Heart's Delight. 







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PART II 

The Military Records and Photographs (where obtainable) 
of the "First Five Hundred." 





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1914 






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THE BLUE PUTTEE RE-UNION 



The first Blue Puttee Reunion was held at Smithville on the evening 
of November 18,1 920. Ninety-two men of all ranks of the first contingent 
which left St. John's by the S. S. Florizel on October 4, 1914, sat down 
at 8:45 p. m. The gathering was a reunion of men who were banded 
together with a spirit of companionship that is known to very few reunions. 
It was not a class reunion of some theological institution, nor a gathering 
of scientists to discuss Darwin's philosophy of the origin of man ; it was the 
first reunion of the Pioneers of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment who 
had fought through and returned from four years of the bloodiest and most 
destructive war of history. They had gone, they had fought in a way 
that brought honor to their Regiment and to Newfoundland, and they 
had returned. Only they know their feeling; only they can adequately 
express it. 

There were no long and tiresome speeches. The program had but two 
toasts, "The King" and "Absent Comrades." The latter was honored 
by all present standing to attention for one minute. It was one minute 
of supreme solemnity. 

Lieutenant-Colonel Carty was chairman, and under his capable guidance 
the reunion was a great success. During the evening he read messages 
from Lieutenant-Colonel Paterson and Captain T. Connors, both of whom 
regretted their enforced absence from the celebration. 

After the supper had been thoroughly enjoyed an impromptu concert 
was given. Songs were rendered by Majors B. Butler, J. W. March and 
R. H. Tait; Captains G. G. Byrne and J. Snow, Lieutenant Irvine, Ser- 
geant Morrissey, Mike Smythe, Tom Noseworthy and G. Jackman; 
recitations by Captain H. McNeil and Sergeant-Major F. P. LeGrow. 

The item that very much impressed all the men was the roll-call to 
which the following answered : 

Lieutenant-Colonel G. T. Carty 

Lieutenant-Colonel W. F. Rendell 

Major B. Butler 

Major J. W." March 

Major A. Raley 

Captain C. R. Ayre 

Captain J. Nunns 

Lieutenant Frank Bennett 

10 R. Williams 



169 J. Whelan 
182 C. Garland 
186LeoO'Dea 
202 J. Skinner 

210 R. Clare 

211 T. Morrissey 
235 C. Peet 
263 W. Allan 
298 H. Thompkinson 



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19 Ewan Hennebury 

20 S. Dewling 
26 L. Stone 

31 Hector McNeil 
33 C. B. Dicks 
36 S. Newman - 

48 W. J. Long 

49 J. M. Irvine 

50 N. McLellan 
52 Eric Chafe 
56 Walter Janes 

59 S. P. Skeffington 

60 C. C. Oke 

62 P. S. LeMessurier 
68 W. Kearney 
71 F. Watts 

74 J. H. Snow 

75 R. Martin 

79 A. Hammond 

80 P. Brien 

85 Peter Mansfield 

102 C. S. James 

103 E. Bradbury 
111 N. Taylor 

113 J. Hickey 

114 J. Mahon 
118 G. Jackman 
121 T. Christopher 
126 T. Carmichael 
131 J. Cleary 

137 W. Eaton 
140 H. Maddick 
152 R. Voisey 
154 A. Goobie 
164 J. McGrath 
167 C. Belbin 




305 H. Wilson 
315 J. D. Andrews 

317 G. Winslow 

318 P. Daniels 
336 J. Nicholle 
338 N. Galgay 
340 G. G. Byrne 
347 J. C. Channing 
360 T. Hammond 
368 W. Roberts 
374 J. Caul 

378 C. Spurrell 

379 A. Smith 
401 J. Murphy 
404 F. P. LeGrow 
430 E. Butcher 
432 M. Whelan 
452 W. Taylor 
461 A. Hennebury 
466 A. Stacey 

474 J. Dooley 

475 H. Wheeler 
480 J. J. Robinson 
513 Henry Reid 
520 W. Newell 
523 T. Smyth 

527 F. Noseworthy 
530 B. Murphy 
537 J. Brett 
557 J. J. Brown 
572 M. Smythe 
578 G. Yates 
585 A. E. Parsons 
608 F. Marshall 
612 H. Keats 
615 M. Godden 



One Hundred Twenty 




LIEUTENANT H. H. SMALL 



SERGEANT-MAJOR F. P. Le GROW 

Who was Elected as a representative in the 

House of Assembly by the Electoral 

district of Bay de Verde. 




Who was Elected as a representative in the 

House of Assembly by the electoral district 

of Burgeo and La Poile. 




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Twenty Officers left Newfoundland with the first contingent 
on October 4, 1914. Colonel Franklin embarked two days 
earlier, on October 2nd. 



Norman Harvey Alderdice. 
Granted Commission, Lieutenant, Sept. 24, 1914; Relinquished Com- 
mission, Oct. 8, 1915, and joined a unit of the Imperial Army. 



Conn Alexander 
Granted Commission, Captain, Sept. 21, 1914. British Mediterranean 
Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 
14, 1916; Relinquished Commission, June 20, 1916. 



Charles Robert Ayre 
Granted Commission, Lieutenant, Sept. 24, 1914; Captain, July 28, 
1915; Returned to Newfoundland and attached for duty to depot, May 8, 
1916; Retired, St. John's, medically unfit, June 7, 1917. 



Adolph Ernest Bernard 
Granted Commission, Captain, Sept. 21, 1914; British Mediterranean 
Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Dec. 12, 
1915; Admitted to hospital, Malta, Dec. 17, 1915; Invalided to England, 
Jan. 25, 1916; Awarded Military Cross, June 3, 1916; Mentioned in 
despatches, July 11, 1916; Attached to depot, Ayr, July 12, 1916; Major, 
Oct. 5, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, Dec. 1, 1916; Decorated with 
Croix de Guerre, Sept. 1917; Took over command of the First New- 
foundland Battalion, June 1, 1918; Returned to U. K. for special Officers' 
course, June 30, 1918; Returned to B. E. F., Sept. 29, 1918; Rejoined 
Battalion, Oct. 6, 1918; Assumed command of First Newfoundland Bat- 
talion, March 16, 1919; Embarked for Newfoundland, May 22, 1919; 
Acting Lieutenant-Colonel, Jan. 1, 1919; Retired, July 29, 1919. 



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Bertram Butler Reg. No. 146 
Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; Orderly Room Sergeant, Sept. 3, 1914; Lieutenant, 
Oct. 4, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; 
Captain, Jan. 10, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; 
Wounded, remained at duty, June 28, 1916: Wounded, Lesfosses Farm, 
April 23, 1917; Invalided to England; Returned to B. E. F., Nov. 10, 
1917; Wounded, Marcoing, Nov. 20, 1917; Transferred to England, 
Nov. 27, 1917; Awarded Military Cross; Awarded Bar to Military Cross; 
Awarded Distinguished Service Order, Feb. 4, 1918; Mentioned in Sir 
Douglas Haig Despatches, April 7, 1918; Returned to Newfoundland on 
furlough, Sept. 2, 1918; Major, Sept. 15, 1919; Seconded for duty with 
Civil Re-Establishment Committee, Jan. 14, 1920. 

George Thomas Carty 
Granted Commission, Captain, Sept. 21, 1914; British Mediterranean 
Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Dec. 4, 1915; 
Admitted to hospital, Malta, Dec. 8, 1915; Invalided to England, April 
16, 1916; Embarked for Newfoundland, June 9, 1916; Appointed Trans- 
port Officer, July 8, 1916; Major, Oct. 1, 1916; Appointed Officer com- 
manding Depot, St. John's, Oct. 29, 1917; Relinquished Command, July 
22, 1918; Lieutenant-Colonel, Jan. 1, 1919; Appointed Staff Officer, 
Acting D. O. C, Jan. 28, 1919; Relinquished appointment as Acting D. 
O. C, Sept. 9, 1919; Retired, Sept. 9, 1919. 

William Hodgson Franklin 
Granted Commission, Captain, Sept. 21, 1914; Embarked for U. K., 
Oct. 2, 1914; Attached to First Battalion Suffolk Regiment, Nov. 18, 
1914; Attached to 6th Battalion, Royal Warwick Regiment, March 20, 
1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 20, 1915; Major, March 25, 
1915; Lieutenant-Colonel, April 15, 1916; In Command of 6th R. W. R.; 
Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Awarded D. S. O., July 1, 
1916; Invalided to England, July 6, 1916; Mentioned in despatches, 
Jan. 5, 1917; Retired, U. K., with honorary rank of Colonel, Nov. 29, 1919. 



Herbert H. Goodridge 
Granted Commission, Lieutenant, Sept. 24, 1914; Relinquished Com- 
mission U. K., April 5, 1915. 



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Capt.Joe Numns 



Capt. Augustus O'Brien 



: Hundred Twenty-six 




James Allan Ledingham 
Granted Commission, Lieutenant, Sept. 24, 1914; Captain, July 28, 1915; 
British Expeditionary Force, March 13, 1916; Wounded, Beaumont 
Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, July 3, 1916; Attached to 
Depot, Ayr, Sept. 14, 1916; Returned to B. E. F., Dec. 21, 1 9 1 6 ; Appointed 
Adjutant, Dec. 21, 1916; Rejoined Battalion, May 15, 1917; Killed in 
Action, Broembeek, Oct. 9, 1917. 




John Wesley March 
Granted Commission, Captain, Sept. 21, 1914; British Mediterranean 
Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 
14, 1916; Awarded Military Cross, Dec. 11, 1916; Evacuated to Hospital, 
Jan. 20, 1917; Invalided to England, Jan. 21, 1917; Attached to Depot, 
Ayr, March 14, 1917; Decorated with Croix de Guerre, May 1, 1917; 
Major, July 1, 1917; Embarked for Newfoundland, May 22, 1919; Retired, 
July 5, 1919. 

Joe Nunns 

Granted Commission, Lieutenant, Sept. 24, 1914; British Mediterranean 
Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; Captain, Jan. 10, 1916; British 
Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, 
July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, July 3, 1916; Attached to Depot, 
Ayr, Sept. 13, 1916; Returned to B. E. F., Jan. 9, 1917; Evacuated to 
Hospital, March 13, 1917; Discharged to Duty, May 11, 1917; Awarded 
Military Cross, Oct. 1, 1917; Returned to U. K. and substituted for rest 
after 24 months continuous service in the field; Attached to Depot, Win- 
chester, April 5, 1918; Embarked for Newfoundland on special duty, 
May 13, 1918; Embarked for U. K., Oct. 12, 1918; Attached to Depot, 
Winchester, Oct. 22, 1918; Returned to Newfoundland, Dec. 12, 1918; 
Retired, Feb. 1, 1919. 



Augustus O'Brien 
Granted Commission, Captain, Sept. 21, 1914; British Mediterranean 
Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Dec. 21, 1915; 
Admitted Hospital, Malta, Jan. 18, 1916; Rejoined Battalion, Suez,' 
March 7, 1916; Wounded, Gueudecourt, Oct. 12, 1916; Died of Wounds, 
Oct. 18. 1916; Mentioned in Despatches, Jan. 5, 1917. 

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Lamont Paterson 
Granted Commission, Captain, Sept. 21, 1914; Major, June 3, 1916; 
Appointed D. D. M S., Nov. 14, 1916; Lieutenant-Colonel, Dec. 7, 1918; 
Decorated with Order of the British Empire, June 3, 1919; Relinquished 
Appointment as D. D. M. S., Sept. 9, 1919; Retired, Sept. 9, 1919. 

Arthur Raley 

Granted Commission, Lieutenant, Sept. 24, 1914; Captain, July 28, 1915 
British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; Appointed 
Adjutant, Sept. 29, 1915; Admitted Hospital, Malta, Dec. 13, 1915 
Rejoined Battalion, Suez, Jan. 31, 1916: British Expeditionary Force 
March 14, 1916; Awarded Military Cross, Jan. 1, 1917; Wounded, Monchy 
April 14, 1917; Invalided to England, April 19, 1917; Attached to Depot 
Ayr, May 23, 1917; Returned to B. E. F., Jan. 5, 1918; Rejoined Bat- 
talion, Jan. 26, 1918; Appointed Adjutant, June 24, 1918; Temporary 
Major, Jan 5, 1919; Transferred to England for Officers' course, Jan. 11, 
1919; Rejoined 1st Battalion, Winchester, April 23, 1919; Appointed 
2nd in command of 1st Battalion, May 20, 1919; Embarked for New- 
foundland, May 22, 1919; Decorated with Croix de Guerre with Silver 
Star, June 19, 1919; Retired, July 29, 1919. 



Walter Frederick Rendell 
Granted Commission, Captain, Sept. 21. 1914; British Mediterranean 
Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; Wounded, Suvla Bay, Sept. 20 
1915; Admitted Hospital, Malta, Sept. 26, 1915; Invalided to England 
Oct. 8, 1915; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Feb. 8, 1916; Major, April 25, 1916 
British Expeditionary Force, Sept. 5, 1916; Wounded, Gueudecourt,0 ct 
12, 1916; Invalided to England, Oct. 18, 1916; Attached to Depot, Feb. 20 
1917; Embarked for Newfoundland on special duty, Aug. 21, 1917 
Appointed Chief Staff Officer, Department of Militia, Oct. 29, 1917 
Lieutenant-Colonel, May. 16, 1918; Awarded C. B. E., Dec. 12, 1919 
Still on Strength. 

Reginald S. Rowsell 
Granted Commission, Lieutenant, Sept. 24, 1914; Captain, July 28, 1915; 
British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; British 
Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, 
July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, July 3, 1916; Attached to Depot, 
Ayr, Aug. 23, 1916; Awarded Military Cross, Jan. 1, 1917; Returned to 
B. E. F., Jan. 9, 1917; Killed in action, Monchy, April 14, 1917. 



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Michael Francis Summers 
Appointed Quarter Master, Sept. 21, 1914; British Mediterranean Expedi- 
tionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; Captain, Nov. 23, 1915; British Expe- 
ditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 
1916; Died of wounds. July 16, 1916. 

Robert Holland Tait 
Granted Commission, Lieutenant, Sept. 24, 1914; British Mediterranean 
Expeditionary Force, Aug. 8, 1915; Admitted Hospital, Cairo, Sept. 8, 
1915; Discharged from Hospital, Oct. 4, 1915; Embarked for GalHpoli, 
Oct. 19. 1915; Captain, Jan. 10, 1916; Admitted Hospital, Cairo, Feb. 
28, 1916; Discharged to duty, April 30, 1916; British Expeditionary 
Force, May 16, 1916; Evacuated to Hospital, May 20, 1916; Discharged 
to duty, Oct. 19, 1916; Appointed Adjutant, May 23, 1917; Evacuated 
to Hospital, sick, July 17, 1917; Rejoined Battalion, Aug. 24, 1917; 
Awarded Military Cross, Oct. 9, 1917; Wounded, Neuve Eglise, April 
12, 1918; Invalided to England, April 15, 1918; Embarked for New- 
foundland on special duty, May 22, 1918; Appointed Acting Major, 
June 1, 1919, while commanding Discharge Depot, St. John's; Retired, 
Oct. 6, 1919. 

Henry Alfred Timewell 
Granted Commission, Captain, Sept. 21, 1914; Appointed Paymaster, 
Sept. 21, 1914; Embarked for U. K. Nov. 2, 1914; Major, Dec. 1, 1916; 
Appointed Chief Paymaster and Officer in charge of Records, Oct. 29, 
1917; Lieutenant-Colonel, Dec. 7, 1918; Appointed Chief Staff Officer, 
London, April 26, 1919; Awarded Order of the British Empire. June 3, 
1919. 

Arthur William Wakefield 
Granted Commission, Lieutenant, Sept. 21, 1914; Struck off Strength, 
Aldershot, Oct. 2, 1915; transferred to Royal Army Medical Corps. 



Charles Whighton 
Granted Commission, Lieut, Sept, 21, 1914; British Mediterranean Ex- 
peditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; Captain, Oct. 17, 1915; Killed in action, 
Suvla Bay, Nov. 25, 1915. 

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Jacob Abbott Reg. No. 168 

Enlisted Sept. 3, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Nov. 14,' 1915; Admitted to Hospital, Suez, Feb. 23, 1916; Embarked 
Alexandria for British Expeditionary Force, Aug. 27, 1916; Rejoined 
Battalion in the field, Sept. 21, 1916; Wounded, Gueudecourt, Oct. 12, 
1916; Rejoined Battalion, Nov. 18, 1916; Awarded Military Medal, 
Tan 14 1918; Returned to Newfoundland on furlougn, July 27, 1918; 
Demobilized, St. John's, Feb. 15, 1919. 



Stanley Abbott Reg. No. 283 

Enlisted, Sept. 5, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionarv Force, March 14, 1916; Admitted 
to Hospital, Le Havre, sick, April 4, 1916; Discharged to duty, May 30, 
1916; Killed in action, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916. 



Thomas Wilfred Allen Reg. No. 263 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Nov. 14, 1915; British Expeditionarv Force, March 14, 1916; Evacuated 
to Hospital, sick, Oct. 13, 1917; Evacuated to England, Oct. 24, 1917; 
Attached to Depot, Ayr, Jan. 22, 1918; Returned to Newfoundland, 
July 21, 1918; Discharged, St. John's, medically unfit, Sept. 23, 191S. 




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William S. Anderson Reg. No. 418 

Enlisted, Sept. 11, 1914; Struck off Strength, Stobs Camp, Scotland, 
July 30, 1915. 



John Donald Andrews Reg. No. 315 

Enlisted, Sept. 6, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Oct. 3, 1915; Invalided to Eng- 
land, Dec. 14, 1915; Attached to Depot, Ayr, April 8, 1916; Lance 
Corporal, April IS, 1916; Acting Corporal, Oct. 16, 1916; British 
Expeditionary Force, Dec. 30, 1916; Evacuated to Hospital, April 
14, 1917; Rejoined Battalion, June 19, 1917; Evacuated to Hospital, 
July 22, 1917; Invalided to England, July 29, 1917; Attached to Depot, 
Ayr, Sept. 3, 1917; Acting Sergeant, Sept. 27, 1917; Confirmed to 
Rank of Corporal, April 27, 191S; Acting Company Sergeant Major, 
June 5, 1918; Confirmed to Rank of Sergeant, June 5, 1918; Embarked 
for Newfoundland on furlough, July 21, 1918; Demobilized, St. John's, 
Feb. 15, 1919. 





Ralph Martin Andrews Reg. No. 55 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; Lance Corporal, July 28, 1915; British Mediter- 
ranean Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionarv 
Force, March 14, 1916; Corporal, July 12, 1916; Sergeant, Feb. 8, 1917"; 
Wounded, Sailly-Saillisel, March 3, 1917; Attached for duty to Pay 
and Record Office, London, July 21, 1917; Discharged, medically unfit, 
Nov. 25, 1918. 



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Archibald Ash Reg. No. 575 

Enlisted, Sept. 22, 1914; Lance Corporal, Sept. 28, 1914; Acting Cor- 
poral, Dec. 5, 1915; Sergeant, Feb. 3, 1916; British Expeditionary Force 
Oct. 3, 1916; Joined Battalion, Oct. 14, 1916; Killed in action, Sailly- 
Saillisel, Feb. 23, 1917; Mentioned in despatches, April 9, 1917. 



Wilfred Douglas Ayre Reg. No. 164 

Enlisted, Sept. 16, 1914; Corporal, Sept. 21, 1914; Sergeant, Oct. 30, 
1914; Acting Company Quartermaster Sergeant, July 12, 1915; 2nd 
Lieutenant, Oct. 16, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 13, 
1916; Killed in action, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916 



Laurie Graham Baine Reg. No. 592 

Enlisted, Sept. 8, 1914; Lance Corporal, March 12, 1915; 2nd Lieu- 
tenant, April 6, 1915; British Mediterranean E xpeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Lieutenant, Oct. 15, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick 
Nov. 23, 1915; Invalided to England, Nov. 30, 1915; Attached to 
Royal Flying Corps, Sept. 25, 1916; Graded Flying Officer, March 30, 
1917; British Expeditionary Force with Royal Flying Corps, June 2, 
1917; Captain, April 1, 1918; Evacuated to Hospital, Oct. 24, 1918; 
Transferred to England, Nov. 5, 1918; Rejoined 2nd Battalion, Win- 
chester, March 4, 1919; Embarked for Newfoundland, May 2. 1919; 
Retired, May 21, 1919. 




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Lawrence Barnes Reg. No. 528 
Enlisted, Sept. 15, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Oct. 13, 1915; Invalided to 
England, Oct. 27, 1915; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Jan. 19, 1916; British 
Expeditionary Force, March 28, 1916; Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, 
July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, July 5, 1916; Attached to Depot, 
Ayr, Aug. 25, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, Dec. 12, 1916; 
Joined Battalion, Dec. 25, 1916; Killed in action, Steenbeke, Aug. 
14, 1917. 





Thomas Frank Barron Reg. No. 568 
Enlisted, Sept. 17, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Nov. 14, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, 
Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, July 5, 1916; 
Attached to Depot, Ayr, Aug. 6, 1916; Rejoined Battalion, Oct, 14, 
1916; Evacuated to Hospital, sick, Feb. 11, 1917; Transferred to 
England, April 22, 1917; Attached to Depot, Ayr, April 29, 1917; 
Embarked for Newfoundland, July 18, 1917; Discharged, St. John's, 
medically unfit, July 9, 1918. 



Oswald Knight Batstone Reg. No. 227 
Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Oct. 25, 1915; Invalided to 
England, Dec. 10, 1915; Returned to Newfoundland, Sept. 5, 1916; 
Discharged, St. John's, medically unfit, April 2, 191S. 



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Leonard Josiah Barrett Reg. No. 372 

Enlisted, Sept. 5, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Killed 
in action, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916. 





Rubert Wilfred Bartlett Reg. No. 166 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; Lance Corporal, Sept. 21, 1914; Corporal, 
April 21, 1915; 2nd Lieutenant, April 22, 1915; Lieutenant, Oct. 16, 
1915; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Nov. 14, 1915; 
British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, Gueudecourt, 
Oct. 12, 1916; Evacuated to England, sick, Oct. 15, 1916; Returned 
to B. E. F., March 12, 1917; Awarded Military Cross, June 18, 1917; 
Awarded Bar to Military Cross, Sept. 26, 1917; Killed in action, Mar- 
coing, Nov. 30, 1917; Foreign Decoration, Order of the Crown of Italy, 
Cavalier, Nov. 29, 1918. 



William Washer Bartlett Reg. No. 270 

Enlisted, Sept. 4, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Admitted to Hospital, Lemnos, Sept. 20, 1915; Invalided 
to England, Feb. 4, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, Oct. 24, 1916; 
Wounded, Sailly-Saillisel, March 2, 1917; Admitted No. 1, Australian 
General Hospital, Rouen, March 18, 1917; Died of Wounds, March 
19, 1917. 




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Chesley Charles Belbin Reg. No. 167 

Enlisted, Sept. 5, 1914; Lance Corporal, April 17, 1915; British Mediter- 
ranean Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated, Suvla Bay, 
sick, Nov. 12, 1915; Invalided to England, Jan. 13, 1916; Returned to 
Newfoundland on furlough, April 4, 1916; Embarked for U. K., July 
19, 1916; Proceeded on Cadet Course at Newmarket, Nov. 29, 1916; 
Commissioned in Rifle Brigade, 12th Battalion, May 21, 1917. 



James Alexander Bendell Reg. No. 207 

Enlisted, Sept. 4, 1914; Lance Corporal, Aug. 18, 1915; British Mediter- 
ranean Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, 
Oct. 31, 1915; Invalided to England, Dec. 27, 1915; Corporal, July 
31, 1916; Acting Sergeant, Jan. 1, 1917; Confirmed to Rank of Sergeant, 
March 23, 1917; British Expeditionary Force, March 25, 1917; Joined 
Battalion, Aug. 29, 1917; Killed in action, Broembeek, Oct. 9, 1917. 



Dominici Bennett Reg. No. 245 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; Struck off Strength, Newton on Ayr, time 
expired, Oct. 15, 1915. 



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Frank Bennett Reg. No. 284 

Enlisted, Sept. 5, 1914; Attached to Pay and Record Staff, St. John's, 
Sept. 19, 1914; Corporal, Oct. 2, 1914; Embarked for U. K., Nov. 2, 
1914; Sergeant, Sept. 4, 1915; 2nd Lieutenant, July 13, 1916; Returned 
to Newfoundland on furlough, Nov. 11, 1916; Attached to Depot, 
St. John's, Feb. 16, 1917; Retired, March 15, 1917. 





Frank Gordon Best Reg. No. 42 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Lance 
Corporal, June 11, 1916; Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; 
Invalided to England; Returned to B. E. F., Oct. 3, 1916; Wounded, 
Gueudecourt, Oct. 12, 1916; Invalided to England; Acting Corporal, 
Jan. 17, 1917; Confirmed to Rank of Corporal, April 24, 1917; Returned 
to B. E. F., April 25, 1917; Awarded Military Medal, Aug. 8, 1917; 
Killed in action, Broembeek, Oct. 9, 1917. 



Alexander Bishop Reg. No. 57 
Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, 
Ypres, Sept. 2, 1916; Lance Corporal, Feb. 19, 1917; Acting Corporal, 
May 3, 1917; Acting Sergeant, Aug. 1, 1917; Confirmed to'.Rank of 
Corporal, April 27, 1918; Returned to Newfoundland on furlough, 
Tuly 21, 1918; Demobilized. St Tohn's. May 29, 1919. 




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Elijah Bishop 

Enlisted, Sept. 25, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Dec. 1, 1915; Admitted Gov- 
ernment Hospital, Malta, Dec. 12, 1915; Invalided to England, Jan. 
24, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Sept. 29, 1916; Demobilized, U. K., 
March 23, 1919. 



Henry Bishop Reg. No. 291 

Enlisted, Sept. 5, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, frost-bite, Dec. 3, 1915; Invalided to 
England, Jan. 17, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Jan. 8, 1917; Repa- 
triated to Newfoundland, Feb. 17, 1917; Discharged, St. John's, medic- 
ally unfit, April 4, 1917. 



Samson Bixby 




No. 241 



Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Admitted Hospital, Lemnos, Sept. 27, 1915; Rejoined 
Battalion, Suez, Jan. 26, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, March 
14, 1916; Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided to 
England, July 7, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Aug. 8, 1916; Returned 
to B. E. F., May 10, 191S; Embarked for Newfoundland on furlough, 
July 27, 1918; Discharged, St. John's, medically unfit, Nov. 25, 1918. 



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Herbert Blackall Reg. No. 448 



Enlisted, Sept. 8, 1914; Lance Corporal, Oct. 3, 1914; Corporal, April 
23, 1915; Sergeant, July 26, 1915; 2nd Lieutenant, Nov. 27, 1915; 
Relinquished Commission, Jan. 10, 1916. 



Michael John Blyde Reg. No. 280 



Enlisted, Sept. 5, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Died of Wounds, 88th Field Ambulance, Suvla, Sept. 
26, 1915. 



Hugh Pierson Bowden Reg. No. 526 

Enlisted Sept. 15, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Nov. 12, 1915; Invalided to Eng- 
land, Dec. 6, 1915; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Feb. 5, 1916; British 
Expeditionary Force, March 28, 1916; Joined Battalion, July 4, 1916; 
Evacuated to Hospital, Tuly 14, 1916; Rejoined Battalion, Sept. 1, 
1916; Wounded, Ypres, Sept. 8, 1916; Invalided to England, Sept. 12, 
1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Oct. 12, 1916; Returned to B. E. F., 
June 3, 1917; Rejoined Battalion, June 19, 1917; Killed in action, 
Marcoing, Nov. 20, 1917; Awarded Military Medal, Jan. 14, 191S. 





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Edward Charles Bradbury Reg. No. 103 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Lance 
Corporal, Feb. 9, 1917; Corporal, March 14, 1917; Sergeant, June 14, 
1917; Wounded, Steenbeke, Aug. 16, 1917; Repatriated to Newfound- 
land, Jan. 19, 1918; Discharged, St. John's, medically unfit, March 
11, 1918. 



Wilfred Bradley Reg. No. 398 

Enlisted, Sept. 7, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Admitted to Hospital, Cairo, Sept. 11, 1915; Embarked 
for Gallipoli, Oct. IS, 1915; Joined Battalion, Suvla, Oct. 24, 1915; 
British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, Gueudecourt, 
Oct. 12, 1916; Admitted 5th General Hospital, Rouen, Oct. 14, 1916; 
Died of Wounds, Oct. 17, 1916. 



John Breen Reg. No. 67 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Killed 
n action, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916. 



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Jonathan Brett Reg. No. 537 

Enlisted, Sept. 16, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Lance Corporal, Nov. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, 
Dec. 3, 1915; Admitted to Hospital, Malta, Dec. 14, 1915; Invalided 
to England, Jan. 17, 1916; Reported for duty at Pay and Record Office, 
London, Sept. 20, 1916; Embarked for Newfoundland, Nov. 1, 1916; 
Discharged, St. John's, medically unfit, Dec. 16, 1916. 



Patrick Brien Reg. No. 80 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Corporal, Feb. 27, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, 
March 14, 1916; Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Acting 
Sergeant, Aug. 22, 1916; Returned to Newfoundland on duty, June 
15, 1917; Demobilized, St. John's, Feb. 17, 1919. 



Edward John Brown Reg. No. 545 

Enlisted, Sept. 16, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Killed in 
action, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916. 




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John Joseph Brown Reg. No. 557 

Enlisted, Sept. 17, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Oct. 3, 1915; Invalided to 
England, Dec. 26, 1915; Attached to Depot, Ayr, March 27, 1916; 
Embarked for Newfoundland, Dec. 12, 1918; Demobilized, St. John's, 
Jan. 31, 1919. 



Claude Burdell Reg. No. 330 

Enlisted, Sept. 5, 1914; Lance Corporal, May 22, 1915; Struck off 
Strength, Newton on Ayr, Oct. 6, 1915, time expired. 



Joseph Burn Reg. No. 257 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; Struck off Strength, Newton on Ayr, Oct. 21, 
1915, time expired. 




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William G. H. Burns Reg. No. 160 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; Lance Corporal, Sept. 21, 1914; Corporal, 
June 7, 1915; Acting Sergeant, Nov. 4, 1915; Returned to Newfound- 
land on duty, May 8, 1916; Embarked for U. K., Aug. 28, 1916; British 
Expeditionary Force, Oct. 30, 1916; Company Sergeant Major, Feb. 9, 
1917; Wounded, LesFosses Farm, April 23, 1917; Evacuated to England, 
April 26, 1917; Returned to B. E. F., May 10, 1918; 2nd Lieutenant, 
June 28, 1918; Acting R. S. M., July 23, 1918: Wounded, Ledgeham, 
Oct. 20, 1918; Evacuated to England, Oct. 29, 1918; Returned to 
Newfoundland, June 24, 1919; Retired, July 17, 1919. 




Hubert Frederick Burridge Reg. No. 191 

Enlisted, Sept. 9, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Nov. 29, 1915; British Expedi- 
tionary Force, May 20, 1916; Joined Battalion in the Field, June 
9, 1916; Wounded^ Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided to 
England, July 3, 1916; Returned to B. E. F., Dec. 12, 1916; Joined 
Battalion, Feb. 17, 1917; Wounded, Steenbeke, Aug. 16, 1917; In- 
valided to England, Aug. 19, 1917; Lance Corporal, Nov. 27, 1917; 
Returned to B. E. F., Feb. 8, 1918; Corporal, April 26, 1918; Returned 
to Newfoundland on furlough, July 27, 1918; Demobilized, St. John's 
Feb. 15, 1919. 



Gladstone R. Burt Reg. No. 54 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force 
Aug. 20, 1915; Attached to Pay and Record Office, London, March 
1916; Acting Corporal, June 10, 1916; Acting Staff Sergeant, Dec. 23, 
1916; Acting Staff Quartermaster Sergeant, Nov. 24, 1917; 2nd Lieu- 
tenant, Nov. IS, 1918; Retired, Oct. 27, 1919. 





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Harold Burt 



No. 323 





Enlisted, Sept. 14, 1914; Struck off Strength, Newton on Ayr, Oct. 15' 
1915; time expired and medically unfit. 



Ernest Butcher Reg. No. 430 

Enlisted, Sept. S, 1914; Lance Corporal, Sept. 21, 1914; Corporal, 
Nov. 13, 1914; Sergeant, April 27, 1915; British Mediterranean Expedi- 
tionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; Wounded, Suvla, Oct. 26, 1915; Invalided 
to England, Nov. 16, 1915; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Feb. 7, 1916 
Embarked for Newfoundland, March 10, 1916; Returned to U. K. and 
attached to Depot, Ayr, June 11, 1917; British Expeditionary Force, 
July 22, 1917; Joined Battalion, Aug. 28, 1917; Wounded, Marcoing 
Nov. 30, 1917; Invalided to England, Dec. 17, 1917; Awarded Meritor 
ious Service Medal, Jan. 14, 1918; Attached to 2nd Battalion, Win, 
Chester, June 21, 1918; Embarked for Newfoundland, July 21, 1918 
Discharged, St. John's, medically unfit, Aug. 31, 1918. 



Alfred Francis Butler Reg. No. 460 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Oct. 31, 1915; Invalided to 
England, Jan. 20, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, April 24, 1916; 
British Expeditionary Force, Aug. 24, 1916; Wounded, Gueudecourt, 
Oct. 12, 1916; Invalided to England, Oct. 18, 1916; Attached to Depot, 
Ayr, Feb. 8, 1917; Returned to B. E. F., Sept. 14, 1917; Rejoined Bat- 
talion, Oct. 12, 1917; Embarked for Newfoundland on furlough, July 
27, 1918; Discharged, St. John's, medically unfit, Dec. 14, 1918. 



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Charles Oakley Butler Reg. No. 20.5 

Enlisted, Sept. 4, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Admitted Hospital, Cairo, Dec. 21, 1915; British Ex- 
peditionary Force, April 26, 1916; Joined Battalion, June 1, 1916; 
Wounded, June 28, 1916; Invalided to England, July 4, 1916; Attached 
to Depot, 2nd Battalion, Winchester, Sept. 13, 1916; Lance Corporal, 
Nov. 16, 1916; Acting Corporal, May 11, 1917; Acting Sergeant, Dec. 
19, 1917; Confirmed to rank of Corporal, April 27, 1918; Returned to 
Newfoundland on furlough, July 21, 1918; Demobilized, St. John's, 
Feb. 15, 1919. 



George Butler Reg. No. 457 

Enlisted, Sept. S, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Lance Corporal, Feb. 27, 1916; British Expeditionary 
Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; 
Rejoined Battalion, Aug. 14, 1916; Wounded, Gueudecourt, Oct. 12, 
1916; Invalided to England, Nov. 2, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, 
March 16, 1917; Repatriated to Newfoundland, April 10, 1917; Dis- 
charged, St. John's, medically unfit, May 11, 1917. 




Henry Albert Butler Reg. No. 325 

Enlisted, Sept. 5, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Dec. 3, 1915; Invalided to 
England, Feb. 2, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, June 22, 1916; Lance 
Corporal, Sept. 16, 1916; Corporal, Nov. 16, 1916; Granted Commis- 
sion with 3rd Reserve Garrison Battalion, March 11, 1917. 




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Gerald Guy Byrne Reg. No. 340 
Enlisted, Sept. 8, 1914; Lance Corporal, Oct. 3, 1914; Corporal, April 
7, 1915; Sergeant, June 14, 1915; British Mediterranean Expeditionary 
Force, Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, frost-bite, Dec. 3, 1915; 
Admitted to Hospital, Malta, Dec. 13, 1915; Discharged to duty, March 
23, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, April 13, 1916; Wounded, 
Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; 2nd Lieutenant, July 1, 1916; Invalided 
to England, July 7, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Aug. 21, 1916; 
Returned to B. E. F., Jan. 9, 1917; Awarded Military Cross, March 3, 
1917; Evacuated to Hospital, Rouen, March 13, 1917; Invalided to 
England, March 13, 1917; Attached to Depot, Ayr, April 21, 1917; 
Lieutenant, July 1, 1917; Embarked for Newfoundland on special 
duty, Aug. 31, 1917; Appointed Military Secretarv, Department of 
Militia, St. John's, Oct. 29, 1917; Temporary Captain, May 7, 1918; 
Confirmed to Rank of Captain, Sept. 1, 1918; Seconded for duty with 
Civil Re-Establishment Committee, Dec. 22, 1919. 




Martin Joseph Cahill Reg. No. 258 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Killed 
in action, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916. 




John Caldwell Reg. No. 151 

Enlisted, Sept. 3, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Nov. 14, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, Dec. 30, 1916; Wounded, 
Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Evacuated to England, July 9, 1916; 
Transferred to England, "Permanent Base," July 27, 1917; Discharged, 
U. K., medically unfit, Oct. 26, 1917. 




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Roger John Callahan Reg. No. 344 

Enlisted, Sept. 8, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Dec. 5, 1915; Invalided to Eng- 
land, Dec. 26, 1915; Attached to Depot, Ayr, March 3, 1916; British 
Expeditionary Force, March 28, 1916; Joined Battalion, April 15, 
1916; Killed in action, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916. 



Arthur R. Canham Reg. No. 221 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; Sergeant, Sept. 21, 1914; Acting Company 
Sergeant Major, Dec. 11, 1915; Acting Staff Sergeant, April 5, 1916; 
Demobilized, U. K., March 5, 1919; Awarded Meritorious Service 
Medal, June 3, 1919. 





Maurice Carberry Reg. No. 382 

Enlisted, Sept. 5, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Dec. 3, 1915; Invalided to Eng- 
land, Dec. 25. 1915; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Feb. 24. 1916; Embarked 
for Newfoundland on furlough. T"lv 21. 1918: Demobilized. St Tohn's 
p~h is 1910 



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William Patrick Carew Reg. No. 469 

Enlisted, Sept. 16, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Lance Corporal, Feb. 27, 1916; British Expeditionary 
Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, Soname raid, June 28, 1916; Rejoined 
Battalion, July 21, 1916; Sergeant, Sept. 28, 1916; Wounded, Gueude- 
court, Oct. 12, 1916; Invalided to England, Oct. 16, 1916; Attached 
to Depot, Ayr, Dec. 4, 1916; Returned to B. E. F., Sept. 7, 1917; 
Wounded, Broembeek, Oct. 9, 1917; Rejoined Battalion, Oct. 25, 1917; 
Evacuated to Hospital, Jan. 21, 1918; Rejoined Battalion, March 18, 
1918; Wounded, Passchendaele, April 12, 1 9 1 S ; Invalided to England, 
April 1 6, 1 9 1 S ; Attached to Depot, Winchester, June 24, 1 9 1 8 ; Embarked 
for Newfoundland on furlough, July 21, 1918; Demobilized, St. John's 
Feb. 15, 1919. 



Thomas Colton Carmichael Reg. No. 126 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated to England, sick, Dec. 5, 1915; British 
Expeditionary Force, March 28, 1916; Lance Corporal, Aug. 8, 1916; 
Corporal, Sept. 14, 1916; Sergeant, April 18, 1917; Company Quarter- 
master, Sergeant Dec. 26, 1917; Company Sergeant Major, April 25, 
1918; Returned to Newfoundland on furlough, July 27 1918; Attached 
for duty to Depot, St. John's, Nov. 28, 1918; Demobilized, St. John's 
Aug. 25, 1919. 



Thomas Carroll Reg. No. 274 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Corporal, Feb. 27, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, 
March 14, 1916; Sergeant, June 11, 1916; Killed in action, Beaumont 
Hamel, July 1, 1916. 





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James Carter Reg. No. 269 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Nov. 16, 1915; Joined Battalion 
Suez, Jan. 31, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; 
Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, July 
3. 1916; Repatriated to Newfoundland, March 9, 1917; Discharged, 
St. John's, medically unfit, April 11, 1917. 




James Henry Carter Reg. No. 222 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force' 
Aug. 20, 1915; Lance Corporal, Nov. 14, 1915; Served with 1st Com- 
posite Battalion, Western Egyptian Frontier, Dec. 1915 to Feb. 1916; 
British Expeditionary Force, March 2, 1916; Evacuated to Hospital, 
April 12, 1916; Invalided to England, April 23, 1916; Attached to 2nd 
Battalion, Aug. 1, 1916; Returned to B. E. F., Sept. 7, 1917; Killed in 
action, Marcoing, Nov. 20, 1917. 



Llewellyn James Carter Reg. No. 198 

Enlisted, Sept. 14, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Nov. 26, 1915; Invalided to 
England, Jan. 2, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, March 28, 1916; 
Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Died of wounds, July 2, 1916. 



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John Simon Cashin Reg. No. 233 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; Returned to Newfoundland, May 18, 1915; 
Discharged, St. John's, medically unfit, May 26, 1915. 



John Joseph Caul Reg. No. 374 

Enlisted, Sept. 7, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, 
Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, July 6, 1916; 
Attached to Depot, Ayr, Nov. 15, 1916; Returned to B. E. F., March 
25, 1917; Lance Corporal, May 17, 1917; Acting Corporal, Dec. 26, 1917; 
Admitted to Hospital, April 25, 1918; Invalided to England, May 25, 
1918; Acting Sergeant, Aug. 6, 1918; Embarked for Newfoundland, 
Aug. 7, 1918; Discharged, St. John's, medically unfit, Sept. 30, 1918. 



Eric R. A. Chafe Reg. No. 52 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Dec. 2, 1915; Invalided to Eng. 
land, Dec. 23, 1915; Lance Corporal, April 15, 1916; Attached Depot 
Ayr, April 17, 1916; Corporal, Aug. 11, 1916; Sergeant, Oct. 27, 1916 
2nd Lieutenant, Nov. 15, 1916; Returned to B. E. F., May 5, 1917 
Awarded Military Cross, Oct. 9, 1917; Lieutenant, March IS, 191S 
Embarked for Newfoundland on furlough, July 21, 1918; Returned 
to U. K., Oct. 19, 191S; Returned to B. E. F., Nov. 4, 1918; Embarked 
for Newfoundland, May 22, 1919; Retired, St. John's, June 21, 1919. 




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George Wilbur Chancey 

Enlisted, Sept. 5, 1914; Corporal, Sept. 21, 1914; Sergeant, Oct. 3, 
1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; 
British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, Sailly- 
Saillisel, March 3, 1917; Company Ouartermaster Sergeant, May 20, 
1917; Invalided to England; Returned to B. E. F., May 10, 1918 
Returned to Newfoundland on duty, July IS, 1918; Demobilized, 
St. John's, Nov. 3, 1919. 



John Cuthbert Channing Reg. No. 347 

Enlisted, Sept. 7, 1914; Repatriated to Newfoundland, Dec. 14, 1914; 
Discharged, St. John's, medically unfit, Jan. 7, 1915. 



John Fielding Chaplin Reg. No. 584 
Enlisted, Sept. 22, 1914; Died at Fort George, Jan. 1, 1915. 



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Thomas Christopher 

Enlisted, Sept. 4, 1914; Lance Corporal, July 28, 1 9 1 5 ; British Mediter- 
ranean Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated to England, 
March 26, 1916; Returned to Newfoundland on furlough, Aug. 3, 1916; 
Corporal, April 24, 1917; Embarked for U. K., Dec. 31, 1917; Sergeant, 
Jan. 2, 1918; Attached for duty to Pay and Record Office, London, 
May 29, 191 S; Repatriated to Newfoundland on compassionate grounds, 
Nov. 20, 1918; Demobilized, St. John's, Oct. IS. 1919. 



Ernest St. Claire Churchill Reg. No. 281 

Enlisted, Sept. 8, 1914; Lance Corporal, Sept. 21, 1914; Corporal, 
Oct. 3, 1914; Sergeant, April 21, 1915; 2nd Lieutenant, Aug. 16, 1915; 
British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated 
Suvla, sick, Nov. 6, 1915; Invalided to England, April 4, 1916; Attached 
to Depot, Ayr, July 4, 1916; Returned to Newfoundland, Aug. 23, 
1916; Arrived U. K., April 30, 1917; British Expeditionary Force, 
May 4, 1917; Evacuated to Hospital, June 21, 1917; Invalided to 
England, July 8, 1917; Attached to Depot, Avr, Nov. 29, 1917; Re- 
turned to B. E. F., Jan 5, 1918; Wounded, Belgium, March 28, 1918; 
Invalided to England, March 31, 1918; Returned to Newfoundland, 
May 22, 1919; Retired, July 5, 1919. 



William Maxse Churchill Reg. No. 4 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; Lance Corporal, April 21, 1915; Corporal, 
July 27, 1915; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 
1915; Sergeant, Aug. 26, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Nov. 26, 1915; 
Invalided to England, Jan. 3, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Feb. 
24, 1916; Company Quartermaster Sergeant, April 10, 1916; Company 
Sergeant Major, April 14, 1916; 2nd Lieutenant, April 15, 1916; Em- 
barked for Newfoundland, Aug. 23, 1916; Retired, March 15, 1917; 
Reattested and placed on active list, April 1, 1918; Embarked for 
U. K., June 22, 1918; British Expeditionary Force, Aug. 13, 1918; 
Evacuated to Hospital, sick, Oct. 13, 1918; Rejoined Battalion, Jan. 
4, 1919; Transferred to U. K., Jan. 11, 1919; Embarked for New- 
foundland, Jan. 30. 1919; Retired, Feb. 15. 1919. 




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Lawrence Edward Clare Reg. No. 343 

Enlisted, Sept. 8, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Served with 1st Composite Battalion on Western 
Egyptian Frontier, Nov. 1915 to Feb. 1916; British Expeditionary 
Force, March 2, 1916; Lance Corporal, Aug. 11, 1916; Corporal, Sept. 
28, 1916; Killed in action, Gueudecourt, Oct. 12, 1916. 





Robert Clare Reg. No. 210 

Enlisted, Sept. 3, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Oct. 14, 1915; Rejoined Bat- 
talion, Suez, Jan. 26, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, March 18, 
1916; Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, 
July 4, 1916; Lance Corporal, Feb. 12, 1917; Returned to B. E. F., 
April 25, 1917; Reioined Battalion, June 7, 1917; Corporal, July 18, 
1917; Wounded, Steenbeke, Aug. 23, 1917; Invalided to England, 
Nov. 14, 1917: Still on Strength. 




William Joseph Clare Reg. No. 536 

Enlisted, Sept. 16, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Sergeant, Sept. 21, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, 
March 14, 1916; Company Sergeant Major, April 29, 1916; 2nd Lieu- 
tenant, July 1, 1916; Evacuated to Hospital, Oct. 22, 1916; Invalided 
to England, Oct. 23, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Jan. 17, 1917; 
Returned to B. E. F., March 12, 1917; Wounded, Monchy, April 
14, 1917; Invalided to England, April 20, 1917; Attached to Depot, 
Ayr, Nov. 10, 1917; Lieutenant, Jan. 1, 1918; Embarked for New- 
foundland on special duty, March 13, 1918; Retired, St. John's, 
medically unfit, Oct. 7, 1918. 



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George S. Claridge Reg. No. 110 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated to England, Jan. 11, 1916; Attached to Depot 
2nd Battalion, May 1, 1916; Lance Corporal, Sept. 16, 1916; Acting 
Corporal, Nov. 16, 1916; Acting Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 
Jan. 13, 1917; Confirmed to Rank of Sergeant, April 27, 1918; Honorary 
2nd Lieutenant, March 17, 1919; Retired, March 17, 1919. 



Selby Clark Reg. No. 239 ■ 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Admitted to Hospital, Lemnos, Sept. 20, 1915; Invalided 
to England, Nov. 21, 1915; Reported to Depot, Ayr, Feb. 1, 1916; 
British Expeditionary Force, March 28, 1916; Wounded, Beaumont 
Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, July 3, 1916; Returned to 
Newfoundland on furlough, Oct. 10, 1916; Discharged, St. John's, 
medically unfit, March 8, 1918. 



George Clarke Reg. No. 271 

Enlisted, Sept. 5, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Oct. 25, 1915; Died at 16th 
Stationary Hospital, Mudros, Nov. 24, 1915. 




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John Cleary Reg. No. 288 

Enlisted, Sept. S, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Nov. 25, 1915; Rejoined Bat- 
talion, Jan. 31, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; 
Killed in action, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916. 



John Sullivan Cleary Reg. No. 131 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, 
Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Evacuated to England, July 8, 1916; 
Lance Corporal, Nov. 16, 1916; Corporal, Jan. 17, 1917; Returned to 
B. E. F., April 25, 1917; Wounded, Steenbeke, Aug. 16, 1 9 1 7 ; Evacuated 
to England, Sept. 11, 1917; Acting Sergeant, Oct. 16, 1917; Repatriated 
to Newfoundland, Oct. 18, 1917; Discharged, St. John's, medically 
unfit, Nov. 22, 1917. 



William Cleary Reg. No. 384 

Enlisted, Sept. 7, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Lance Corporal, Feb. 27, 1916; British Expeditionary 
Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916', 
Invalided to England, July 5, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Sept. 16, 
1916; Embarked for Newfoundland on furlough, Sept. 27, 1916; Dis- 
charged, St. John's, medically unfit, March, 8, 191S. 




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No. 505 

Enlisted, Sept. 7, 1914; Lance Corporal, April 26, 1915; 2nd Lieutenant 
Tune ?9 1915; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20 
1915; Lieutenant, Jan. 1, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, March 14 
1916; Evacuated to Hospital, April 20, 1916; Rejoined Battalion 
July 14, 1916; Killed in action, Gueudecourt, Oct. 12, 1916. 



John Cltft Reg. No. 503 

Enlisted, Sept. 7, 1914; Lance Corporal, April 26, 1915; Struck off 
Strength, Commissioned with Cameron Highlanders April b, 1915; 
Transferred from Cameron Highlanders to Newfoundland Regiment, 
Captain Clift, Oct. 26, 1917; British Expeditionary Force Nov. 10, 
1917; Awarded Military Cross, Sept. 16, 1 9 1 b ; Embarked for Newfound- 
land, Jan. 30, 1919; Retired, Feb. 25, 1919. 



Frederick Augustus Clouter Reg. No. 422 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Au" ">0 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Nov. 30, 1915; Invalided to 
England', Jan. 17, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, April 28, 1916; 
Embarked for Newfoundland, Sept. 8, 1916; Discharged, St. Johns 
medically unfit, Dec. 22, 1916. 




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Arthur Frederick Colbourne Reg. No. 444 

Enlisted, Sept. S, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Served with 1st Composite Battalion on Western 
Egyptian Frontier, Nov. 1915 to Feb. 1916; British Expeditionary 
Force, March 2, 1916; Embarked for Newfoundland on furlough, 
July 27, 1918; Demobilized, St. John's, Feb. 15, 1919. 




Edward Louis Cole Reg. No. 195 

Enlisted, Sept. 7, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Oct. 26, 1915; Invalided to 
England, Nov. 24, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 28, 1916: 
Killed in action, Somme, June 28, 1916. 




Samuel Cole Reg. No. 465 

Enlisted, Sept. 16, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Dec. 1, 1915; Invalided to Eng- 
land, Dec. 24, 1915; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Feb. 1, 1916; Lance 
Corporal, March 30, 1916; Corporal, Sept. 12, 1916; Acting Sergeant, 
Oct. 28, 1916; 2nd Lieutenant, Nov. 1, 1916; British Expeditionary 
Force, May 12, 1917; Killed in action, Broembeek, Oct. 9, 1917. 



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George Colford Reg. No. 16 

Enlisted, Sept. 5, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force. 
Aug 20 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Oct. 20, 1915; Rejoined Bat- 
talion, Suez, Jan. 26, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 
1916; Lance Corporal, July 12, 1916; Embarked for Newfoundland on 
furlough, July 27, 1918; Demobilized, St. John's, Feb. 15, 1919. 



James Collins Reg. No. 567 

Enlisted Sept 21, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug 20 ' 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded 
Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, July 9, 1916; 
Attached to Depot, Ayr, Sept. 13, 1916; Returned to B. E. F. Feb. 15, 
1917; Rejoined Battalion, March 6, 1917; Killed in action, Monchy, 
April 14, 1917. 



John Collins Reg. No. 578 

Enlisted Sept. 22, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug 20 ' 1915; Wounded, Suvla Bay, Oct. 31, 1915; Admitted Hospital, 
Cairo Nov. 5, 1915; Rejoined Battalion, March 6, 1916; Evacuated 
to Hospital, sick, March 7, 1916; Discharged to Base, Alexandria, 
April 12, 1916; Invalided to England, May 17, 1916; Attached to Depot, 
Ayr May 29, 1916; Embarked for Newfoundland, Dec. 12, 1918; 
Demobilized, St. John's, Jan. 29, 1919. 




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William Joseph Collins Reg. No. 82 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915: Evacuated Suvla, sick, Oct. 10, 1915; Died at 19th 
General Hospital, Alexandria, Oct. 28, 1915. 




James Patrick Connors Reg. No. 209 

Enlisted, Sept. 5, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Dec. 3, 1915; Invalided to 
England, Jan. 2, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, March 28, 1916; 
Killed in action, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916 



Thomas Joseph Connors Reg. No. 170 

Enlisted, Sept. 3, 1914; Lance Corporal, Oct. 3, 1914; Transferred to 
Royal Division, Leith, and Struck off Strength, May 21, 1915. 



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Peter Joseph Constantine Reg. No. 563 

Enlisted, Sept. 16, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Dec. 2, 1915; Rejoined Battalion 
Suez,. Jan. 16, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; 
Evacuated to Hospital, April 3, 1916; Invalided to England, April 
12, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, May 6, 1916; Embarked for New- 
foundland on furlough, July 21, 1918; Demobilized, St. John's, Feb. 
15, 1917. 



Henry William Cook Reg. No. 483 

Enlisted, Sept. 7, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Served with 1st Composite Battalion on Western 
Egyptian Frontier, Nov. 1915 to Feb. 1916; British Expeditionary 
Force, March 2, 1916; Killed in action, Gueudecourt, Oct. 12, 1916. 




William Cook Reg. No. 553 

Enlisted, Sept. 17, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Dec. 5, 1915; Invalided to 
England, Dec. 26, 1915; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Feb. 24, 1916; British 
Expeditionary Force, Sept. 7, 1917; Joined Battalion, Oct. 12, 1917; 
Wounded, Neuve Eglise, April 13, 1918; Invalided to England, April 
23, 1918; Admitted to 3rd London General Hospital, Wandsworth, 
April 20, 1918; Died of Wounds, April 26, 1918. 



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Archibald Coombs Reg. No. 492 

Enlisted, Sept. 11, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Nov. 28, 1915; Rejoined Bat- 
talion, Suez, March 1, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 
1916; Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, 
July 8, 1916; Repatriated to Newfoundland, Sept, 13, 1917; Discharged 
St. John's, medically unfit, Feb. 14, 1918. 




Harry Coombs Reg. No. 393 

Enlisted, Sept. 5, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Killed in 
action, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916. 



Herbert George Cooper Reg. No. 439 

Enlisted, Sept. 8, 1914; Struck off Strength, Newton on Ayr, time 
expired, Oct. 15, 1915; Reattested for service with Newfoundland 
Forestry Company, Nov. 14, 1917; Embarked for U. K., Nov. 1917; 
Embarked for Newfoundland, June 24, 1919; Demobilized, St. John's, 
July 31, 1919. 



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James Cooper Reg. No. 98 

Enlisted Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Ang. 20, 1915; Invalided to England, Oct. 21, 1915; British Expedi- 
tionary Force, March 28, 1915; Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, July 
1 1916; Invalided to England; Returned to B. E. F., March 25, 1917; 
Lance, Corporal, Nov. 1, 1917; Acting Corporal, Dec. 26, 1 9 1 7 ; Embarked 
for Newfoundland on duty, May 22, 1918; Discharged, St. John's, 
medically ufiut, Dec. 7, 1918. 




Eugene Cornect Reg. No. 429 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Oct. 31, 1915; Rejoined Bat- 
talion, Suez, Jan. 26, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 
1916; Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, 
July 3, 1916; Repatriated to Newfoundland, Feb. 17, 1917; Discharged, 
St. John's, medically unfit, March 28, 1917. 



Edwin Cornick Reg. No. 377 

Enlisted, Sept. 5, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Oct. 2'2, 1915; Invalided to 
England, Dec. 26, 1915; Attached to Depot, Ayr, April 26, 1916, 
British Expeditionary Force, June 25, 1916; Wounded, Gueudecourt, 
Oct. 12, 1916; Invalided to England, Oct. 16, 1916; Attached to Depot, 
Ayr, Nov. 30, 1916; Lance Corporal, Jan. 17, 1 9 1 7 ; Returned to B. E. F. 
Jan. 31, 1917; Admitted to Hospital, Rouen, Feb. 3, 1917; Rejoined 
Battalion, May 7, 1917; Wounded, Marcoing, Nov. 20, 1917; Invalided 
to England, Nov. 24, 1917; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Jan. 7, 1918; 
Returned to B. E. F., Feb. 4, 1918; Corporal, March 16, 1918; Sergeant, 
April 25, 1918; Embarked for Newfoundland on special duty, May 22, 

1918; Returned to U. K., Oct. 12, 1918; Joined Battalion, Jan. 5, 1919; 
Embarked for Newfoundland, April 23, 1919; Demobilized, St. John's, 

June 10, 1919. 




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Nathaniel Crane Reg. No. 363 

Enlisted, Sept. 5, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, 
Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, July 5, 1916; 
Attached to Depot, Ayr, Sept. 16, 1916; Lance Corporal, fan. 17, 1917; 
Returned to B. E. F., March 4, 1917; Rejoined Battalion, March 31, 
1917; Killed in action, Monchy, April 14, 1917. 



Stan. F. Crotty Reg. No. 459 

Enlisted, Sept. 8, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force 
Aug. 20. 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded 
Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, July 3, 1916 
Attached to Depot, Ayr, Aug. 1, 1916; Returned to B. E. F., Feb. 10 
1917; Wounded, Monchy, April 14, 1917; Invalided to England, May 
7, 1917; Attached to Depot, Ayr, July 27, 1917; Embarked for New- 
foundland on furlough, July 21, 191S; Discharged, St. John's, medically 
unfit, Aug. 31, 1918. 




Heber Cuff Reg. No. 524 

Enlisted, Sept. 15, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Dec. 24, 1915; Invalided to 
England, Dec. 26, 1915; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Feb. 28, 1916; 
British Expeditionary Force, April 13, 1916; Joined Battalion, April 
26, 1916; Wounded, Somme, June 28, 1916; Invalided to England, 
June 28, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Sept. 23, 1916; Returned to 
B. E. F., Oct. 3, 1916; Lance Corporal, Dec. 3, 1916; Corporal, Feb. 
9, 1917; Prisoner of War, captured at Monchy, April 14, 1917; Repa- 
triated to England from Germany, Dec. 26, 1918; Attached to Depot, 
Winchester, Dec. 30, 1918; Embarked for Newfoundland, March 12, 
1919; Demobilized, St. John's, June 20, 1919. 



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Frederick Curran Reg. No. 122 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated to England, sick, Nov. 9, 1915; British 
Expeditionary Force, Aug. 24, 1916; Awarded Military Medal, July 9, 
1917; Returned to Newfoundland on furlough, Sept. 7, 1918; Demob- 
ilized, St. John's, Feb. 25, 1919. 




Peter Daniels Reg. No. 318 

Enlisted, Sept. 7, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Lance Corporal, Dec. 10, 1915; Admitted to Hospital, 
Malta, Jan. 8, 1916; Discharged to duty, March 4, 1916; British 
Expeditionary Force, March 18, 1916; Evacuated to Hospital, June 15, 
1916; Invalided to England, June 25, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, 
July 18, 1916; Acting Corporal, Aug. 11, 1916; Sergeant, Oct. 27, 1916; 
Acting Company Quartermaster Sergeant, Aug. 24, 1917; Company 
Sergeant Major, Oct. 4, 1918; Wounded, Ledgeham, Oct. 14, 1918; 
Invalided to England, Dec. 4, 1918; Repatriated to Newfoundland, 
Feb. 15, 1919; Demobilized, St. John's, Aug. 30, 1919. 



Henry Charles Dawe Reg. No. 589 

Enlisted, Sept. 24, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Killed in 
action, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916. 



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Joseph Dawe Reg. No. 328 

Enlisted, Sept. 5, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Nov. 14, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, 
Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, July 7, 1916; 
Attached to Depot, Ayr, Sept. 13, 1916; Returned to B. E. F., Dec. 30, 
1916; Rejoined Battalion, Jan. 17, 1917; Wounded, Monchy, April 14, 
1917; Admitted to Hospital, April 15, 1917; Discharged to Base at 
Rouen, May 18, 1917; Rejoined Battalion, June 11, 1917; Wounded, 
Steenbeke, Aug. 24, 1917; Discharged to Base at Rouen from hospital, 
Sept. 26, 1917; Rejoined Battalion, Oct. 12, 1917; Wounded, Marcoing, 
Nov. 20, 1917; Invalided to England, Nov. 23, 1 9 1 7 ; Attached to Depot, 
Ayr, Feb. 14, 1918; Embarked for Newfoundland on furlough, July 21, 
1918; Demobilized, St. John's, Feb. 15, 1919. 



Wilfred Dawe Reg. No. 184 

Enlisted, Sept. 5, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Wounded, Suvla Bay, Oct. 5, 1915; Invalided to England, 
Nov. 16, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, Oct. 3, 1916; Joined 
Battalion in the field, Oct. 12, 1916; Prisoner of War, captured at 
Monchy, April 14, 1917; Repatriated to England, Dec. 18, 1918; re- 
turned to Newfoundland, Jan. 30, 1919; Demobilized, St. John's, March 
28, 1919. 



William Gordon Dawe Reg. No. 97 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, 
Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Embarked for Newfoundland, July 10, 
1917; Discharged, St. John's, medically unfit, June 14, 1918. 




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Joseph Daymond Reg. No. 607 

Enlisted, Sept. 28, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force' 
Aug. 20, 1915; Lance Corporal, Nov. 19, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, 
Nov. 30, 1915; Rejoined Battalion at Suez, Jan. 16, 1916; British Expedi- 
tionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 
1916; Invalided to England, July 4, 1916; Attached to 2nd Battalion, 
Nov. 8, 1916; Embarked for Newfoundland, Nov. 25, 1916; Discharged, 
St. John's, medically unfit, Dec. 29, 1916; Reattested for special duty 
at Headquarters, St. John's, April 1, 1918; Acting Corporal, June 
10, 1918; Sergeant, Oct. 15, 1918; Demobilized, March 2S, 1919. 



William Albert Delaney Reg. No. 581 

Enlisted, Sept. 22, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Dec. 1, 1915; Invalided to Eng- 
land, Dec. 31, 1915; Attached to Depot, Ayr, March 13, 1916; Em- 
barked for Newfoundland on furlough, Sept. 5, 1916; Returned to U. K. 
and attached to Depot, Ayr, April 30, 1917; British Expeditionary 
Force, Aug. 5, 1917; Wounded, Marcoing, Nov. 20, 1917; Invalided 
to England, Nov. 27, 1917; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Jan. 7, 1918 
Embarked for Newfoundland, Jan. 30, 1919; Demobilized, St. John's 
April 12, 1919. 



Daniel Alexander DesRoches Reg. No. 

Enlisted, Sept. 15, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Wounded, Suvla, Dec. 11, 1915; Admitted to Hospital, 
Malta, Dec. 12, 1915; Invalided to England, May 17, 1916; Attached 
to Depot, Ayr, May 29, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, April 
25, 1917; Joined Battalion, June 7, 1917; Wounded, Broembeek, Oct. 9, 
1917; Invalided to England, Oct. 18, 1917; Attached to Depot, Win- 
chester, Jan. 24, 1918; Lance Corporal, Feb. 19, 1918; Acting Corporal, 
May 29, 1918; Embarked for Newfoundland on furlough, July 21, 1918; 
Discharged, St. John's, medically unfit, Dec. 7, 1918. 



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Herbert Dewling Reg. No. 45 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; Lance Corporal, July 28, 1915; British Medi- 
terranean Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, 
Sept. 23, 1915; Admitted to Hospital, Alexandria, Sept. 26, 1915; 
Discharged to duty, Oct. 25, 1915; Attached for duty to 3rd Echelon, 
Alexandria, Oct. 28, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 18, 
1916; Acting Sergeant, April 14, 1916; Admitted to hospital, Rouen, 
Dec. 9, 1916; Invalided to England, Dec. 20, 1916; Returned to B. E. F., 
Sept. 26, 1917; Orderly Room Sergeant, Oct. 3, 1917; Invalided to 
England, July 26, 1918; Discharged to duty, Aug. 27, 1918; Returned 
to B. E. F., Sept. 7, 1918; and rejoined 3rd Echelon; Taken on Strength 
of 1st Battalion, April 3, 1919; Attached for duty to Pay and Record 
Office, London, April 23, 1919; Acting Staff Sergeant, April 23, 1919; 
Demobilized, U. K., June 24, 1919. 



Stewart Dewling Reg. No. 20 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 2, 1916; Awarded 
Military Medal, July 1, 1916; Corporal, Feb. 9, 1917; Sergeant, May 
8, 1917; Wounded, Steenbeke, Aug. 14, 1917; Invalided to England, 
Aug. 18, 1917; Embarked for Newfoundland on duty, May 6, 1918; 
Acting Company Sergeant Major, March 24, 1919. 




Christopher Bertram Dicks Reg. No. 33 

Enlisted, Sept. 1, 1914; Acting Quartermaster, Sept. 5, 1914; Acting 
Sergeant, Sept. 26, 1914; Company Sergeant Major, Oct. 29, 1914; 
British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; British 
Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Acting Regimental Sergeant 
Major, May 29, 1916; 2nd Lieutenant, June 11, 1916; Wounded, 
Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided to England; Returned to 
B. E. F., April 23, 1917; Repatriated to Newfoundland, Feb. 6, 1918; 
Assistant Director recruiting, St. John's, April 9, 1918; Captain, Sept. 
1, 1918; Demobilization Officer, Nov. 25, 1918; Retired, March 31, 1919. 



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William Patrick Dohaney Reg. No. 496 

Enlisted, Sept. 14, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Nov. 25, 1915; Rejoined Bat- 
talion, Suez, Jan. 26, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 
1916; Killed in action. Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916. 




John'Joseph Dooley Reg. No. 474 

Enlisted, Sept. 10, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Nov. 29, 1915; Invalided to 
England, Dec. 24, 1915; Attached to Depot, Ayr, March 3, 1916; 
British Expeditionary Force, March 28, 1916; Evacuated to Hospital, 
June 11, 1916; Rejoined Battalion, July 29, 1916; Lance Corporal, 
Aug. 11, 1916; Wounded, Gueudecourt, Oct. 12, 1916; Invalided to 
England, Oct. 22, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, March 1, 1917; 
Corporal, April 9, 1917; Embarked for Newfoundland, April 10, 1917; 
Discharged, St. John's, medically unfit, May 11, 1917; Reattested for 
special duty at Heart's Content, June 21, 1917; Sergeant, June 21, 
1917; Demobilized, St. John's, May 1, 1919. 



John Dunn Reg. No. 173 

Enlisted, Sept, 4, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Served with 1st Composite Battalion on Western 
Egyptian Frontier, Nov. 1915 to Feb. 1916; British Expeditionary 
Force, March 2, 1916; Lance Corporal, Nov. 5, 1916; Corporal, May 11, 
1917; Acting Sergeant, July 24, 1917; Returned to Newfoundland 
on furlough, July 27, 1918; Demobilized, St. John's, Feb. 15, 1919. 



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John Dunphy Reg. No. 44 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20,' 1915; Killed in Action, Suvla Bay, Dec. 12, 1915 




William Dunphy Reg. No. 15 

Enlisted Sept 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force 
Aug. 20,' 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Killed 
in action, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916. 




William John Eaton Reg. No. 137 

Enlisted, Sept. 4, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug 20, 1915; Appointed Orderly Room Clerk in the Field, beb. 1, 
1916- British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Corporal, July 12, 
1916 Sergeant, Oct. 22, 1916; Staff Sergeant, April 25, 1918; Acting. 
Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant, Sept. 4, 1918; Returned to 
Newfoundland on furlough, July 27, 1918; Attached to Depot, St. 
John's, for duty, Nov. 28, 1918; Still on Strength. 




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Hubert Edgar Ebsary Reg. No. 339 

Enlisted, Sept. 7, 1914; Lance Corporal, April 24, 1915; British Medi- 
terranean Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; Wounded, Suvla Bay, 
Dec. 1, 1915; Died of wounds at 88th Field Ambulance, Dec. 1, 1915. 




Samuel Joseph Ebsary Reg. No. 501 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; Sergeant, Sept. 21, 1914; Company Sergeant 
Major, Oct. 29, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Acting Regimental Sergeant Major, Aug. 23, 1915; 
Evacuated Suvla, sick, Dec. 2, 1915; Rejoined Battalion, Suez, March 1, 
1916; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; 2nd Lieutenant, 
July 1, 1916; Wounded, Gueadecourt, Oct. 12, 1916; Admitted 8th 
General Hospital, Rouen, Oct. 14, 1916; Died of wounds, Oct. 15, 1916. 



Charles LeGallais Edgar Reg. No. 199 

Enlisted, Sept. 4, 1914; Lance Corporal, April 8, 1915; Corporal, July 
27, 1915; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; 
Acting Company Quartermaster Sergeant, Nov. 11, 1915; Sergeant 
Nov. 14, 1915; Wounded, Suvla Bay, Dec. 5, 1915; Discharged to duty, 
Jan. 19, 1916; Confirmed to Rank of Company Quartermaster Ser- 
geant, Jan. 31, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; 
2nd Lieutenant, June 5, 1916; Returned to Newfoundland on duty, 
July 11, 1916; Embarked for U. K., Aug. 28, 1916; Returned to B. E. F., 
Oct. 27, 1916; Killed in action, Saillv-Saillisel, Feb. 26, 1917. 



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Edward Francis Edgecombe Reg. No. 40 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Nov. 1, 1915; Invalided to Eng- 
land, Nov. 30, 1915; Attached to Depot, Ayr, April 3, 1916; British 
Expeditionary Force, Dec. 12, 1916; Evacuated to Hospital, March 
17, 1917; Invalided to England, March 29, 1917; Attached to Depot, 
Ayr, April 13, 1917; Returned to B. E. F., June 3, 1917; Killed in 
action at Centre Sector, Steenbeke, Aug. 21, 1917. 



John Charles Edwards Reg. No. 450 

Enlisted, Sept. 8, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Nov. 26, 1915; Rejoined Bat- 
talion, Suez, March 1, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, March 
14, 1916; Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided to 
England, July 4, 1916; Admitted to Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley, 
July 5, 1916; Died of wounds, July 21, 1916. 




John Elliott Reg. No. 22 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Nov. 14, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Killed in 
action, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916. 




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John Joseph Ellis Reg. No. 443 

Enlisted, Sept. 8, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Nov. 15, 1915; Rejoined Bat- 
talion, Suez, March 1, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 
1916; Lance Corporal, May 18, 1916; Killed in action, Beaumont 
Hamel, July 1, 1916. 




Joseph Erley Reg. No. 116 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, May 9, 1915; Lance 
Corporal, Oct. 1, 1916; Evacuated to England, sick, March 1.5, 1917; 
Returned to B. E. F., Aug. 5, 1917; Wounded, Broembeek, Oct. 9, 
1917; Evacuated to England, Oct. 13, 1917; Acting Corporal, May 
29, 1918; Returned to Newfoundland on furlough, July 21, 1918; 
Demobilized, St. John's, Feb. 15, 1919. 



Joseph Wellington Evans Reg. No. 181 

Enlisted, Sept. 5, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Killed 
in action, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916. 




Stewart Small Ferguson Reg. No. 95 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; Lance Corporal, Sept. 21, 1914; Corporal, 
April 23, 1915; Signal Sergeant, July 10, 1915; British Mediterranean 
Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, 
March 14, 1916; Killed in action, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916. 



Samuel Fiander Reg. No. 467 

Enlisted, Sept. 9, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Oct. 20, 1915; Invalided to 
England, Nov. 24, 1915; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Aug. 12, 1916; 
British Expeditionary Force, Dec. 12, 1916; Wounded, Monchy, 
April 14, 1917; Invalided to England, April 21, 1917; Attached to 
Depot, Ayr, May 19, 1917; Returned to B. E. F., Aug. 5, 1917; Wounded, 
Broembeek, Oct. 9, 1917; Joined Base Depot, Rouen, Nov. 12, 1917; 
Joined Battalion, Dec. 4, 1917; Lance Corporal, Dec. 26, 1917; Em- 
barked for Newfoundland on furlough, July 27, 1918; Demobilized 
St. John's, Feb. 15, 1919. 



Charles William Field Reg. No. 115 

Enlisted, Sept, 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Wounded, Suvla Bay, Nov. 8, 1915; Evacuated to 
England, sick, Nov. 30, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, April 6, 
1918; Embarked for Newfoundland on furlough, Sept. 7, 1918; Demob- 
ilized, St. John's, Feb. 15, 1919. 




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Larry Field Reg. No. 153 

Enlisted, Sept. 3, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 28, 1916; Lance Cor- 
poral, July 12, 1916; Wounded, Belgium, Aug. IS, 1916; Evacuated to 
England, Aug. 30, 1916; Repatriated to Newfoundland, April 10, 1917; 
Discharged, St. John's, medically unfit, May 11, 1917; Reattested for 
duty at Depot, St. John's, June 21, 1917; Acting Corporal, May 22, 
1918; Demobilized, St. John's, Sept. 30, 1919. 



Isaac Fifield Reg. No. 420 

Enlisted, Sept. 4, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Lance 
Corporal, June 11, 1916; Corporal, July 12, 1916; Wounded, Somme 
raid, Nov. 30, 1916; Invalided to England, Dec. 25, 1916; Attached to 
Depot, Ayr, April 2, 1917; Embarked for Newfoundland on duty, July 
18, 1917; Discharged, St. John's, medically unfit, April 2, 1918. 



Maximilliam William Fillier Reg. No. 507 

Enlisted, Sept. 15, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Nov. 14, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, 
Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, July 4, 1916; 
Attached to Depot, Ayr, Aug. 18, 1916; Embarked for Newfoundland, 
July 10, 1917; Attached for duty to Headquarters, St. John's, Oct. 6, 
1917; Demobilized, July 25, 1919. 



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John Fitzgerald Reg. No. 295 

Enlisted, Sept. 8, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Killed in action, Suvla, Dec. 1, 1915; Mentioned in 
despatches, London Gazette, July 11, 1916. 



Richard Francis Fleming Reg. No. 357 

Enlisted, Sept. 5, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated, Suvla, sick, Oct. 19, 1915; Rejoined Bat- 
talion, Suez, Jan. 16, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 
1916; Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, Julv 1, 1916; Invalided to England, 
July 4, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Aug. 1, 1916; Returned to B. E. 
F., Oct. 3, 1916; Evacuated to Hospital, Nov. 25, 1916; Joined Bat- 
talion, March 2, 1917; Lance Corporal, Oct. 16, 1918; Evacuated to 
Hospital, Oct. 23, 1918; Rejoined Battalion, Dec. 31, 1918; Embarked 
for Newfoundland, Jan. 30, 1919; Demobilized, St. John's, March 10, 
1919. 



Bernard Forsey Reg. No. 12 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 3, 1916; Wounded, 
Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, July 5, 1916; 
Attached to Depot, Aug. 17, 1916; Lance Corporal, Aug. 22, 
1916; Corporal, Oct. 27, 1916; Acting Sergeant, Jan. 17, 1917; Second 
Lieutenant, Sept. 25, 1917; Returned to B. E. F., Jan. 5, 1918; Em- 
barked for Newfoundland on furlough, July 24, 1918; Returned to 
U. K., Oct. 19, 1918; Returned to B. E. F., Nov. 4, 1918; Lieutenant, 
March 25, 1919; Transferred to U. K., April 27, 1919; Embarked for 
Newfoundland, May 22, 1919; Retired, St. John's, July 5, 1919. 




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James Francis Fowler Reg. No. 311 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded 
Aug. 11, 1916; Rejoined Battalion, Oct. 22, 1916; Lance Corporal, Dec. 
26, 1917; Embarked for Newfoundland on furlough, July 27, 1918; De- 
mobilized, St. John's, Feb. 15, 1919. 




William Fowler Reg. No. 81 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Killed in 
action, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916. 





John Ed. Joseph Fox Reg. No. 142 

Enlisted, Sept. 4, 1914; Lance Corporal, Sept. 21, 1914; Corporal, Nov. 
13, 1914; Sergeant, Feb. 24, 1915; 2nd Lieutenant, March 29, 1915; 
British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; Lieutenant, 
Oct. 15, 1915; Evacuated, Suvla, sick, Nov. 3, 1915; Rejoined Battalion, 
Suez, Jan. 26, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; 
Evacuated to England, sick, April 27, 1916; Captain, Nov. 16, 1916; 
Appointed Demobilization Officer, London, Nov. 11, 1918; Returned 
to Newfoundland, May 22, 1919; Relinquished appointment, June 2, 
1919; Retired, June 23, 1919. 



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Charles Sydney Frost Reg. No. 58 

Enlisted, Sept. 7, 1914; Lance Corporal, July 14, 1915; British Medi- 
terranean Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; 2nd Lieutenant, April 
15, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, June 5, 1916; Wounded, Gueude- 
court, Oct. 12, 1916; Invalided to England; Lieutenant, May 15, 1917; 
Returned to B. E. F., Nov. 10, 1917; Captain, March 18, 1918; Awarded 
Military Cross, Sept. 28, 1918; Retired and placed on reserve of Officers, 
St. John's, June 2, 1919. 



John Joseph French Reg. No. 63 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Missing, 
believed killed, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916. 



Nicholas Augustus Galgay Reg. No. 338 

Enlisted, Sept. 7, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Oct. 20, 1915; Invalided to Eng- 
land, Dec, 6, 1915; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Feb. 4, 1916; British Ex- 
peditionary Force, March 20, 1916; Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, July 
1, 1916; Invalided to England, July 3, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, 
Aug. 11, 1916; Lance Corporal, Sept. 4, 1916; Acting Corporal, Nov. 16, 
1916; Returned to B. E. F., Nov. 30, 1916; Admitted to Hospital, 
Rouen, Dec. 5, 1916; Joined Battalion, Feb. 5, 1917; Wounded, Mon- 
chy, April 14, 1917; Invalided to England, April 20, 1917; Attached to 
Depot, Ayr, July 10; 1917; Acting Sergeant, Sept. 27, 1917; Confirmed 
to rank of Corporal, April 27, 1918; Confirmed to rank of Sergeant, July 
31, 1918; Acting Company Sergeant Maior, July 31, 1918; Acting Regi- 
mental Sergeant Major, May 19, 1919; Confirmed to rank of R. S. M., 
June 20, 1919; Embarked for Newfoundland, June 24, 1919; Demobil- 
ized, St. John's, Aug. 15, 1919. 





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John Gardner Reg. No. 144 

Enlisted, Sept. 3, 1914; Corporal, Sept. 21, 1914; Sergeant, Oct. 3, 
1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; 
British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, Beaumont 
Hamel, July 1, 1916; Evacuated to England, July 11, 1916; Returned 
to Newfoundland, Sept. 27, 1916; Rejoined 2nd Battalion, Avr, Dec. 
31, 1917; Returned to B. E. F., Feb. 18, 1918; Transferred to England 
"Permanent Base," March 1, 1918; Returned to Newfoundland on 
duty, May 13, 1918; Acting Company Sergeant Major, July 22, 1918; 
Demobilized, St.John;'s, Jan. 23, 1919. 



Frederick Garf Reg. No. 125 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Killed in 
action, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916. 



Charles Frederick Garland Reg. No. 182 

Enlisted, Sept. 3, 1914; Lance Corporal, Sept. 21, 1914; Corporal, June 
7, 1915; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; 
Sergeant, Oct. 28, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; 
Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Evacuated to England, 
July 6, 1916; 2nd Lieutenant, Nov. 1, 1916; Attached to 2nd Battalion, 
Depot, for duty, Nov. 10, 1916; Lieutenant, May 1, 1918; Returned to 
Newfoundland, May 22, 1919; Retired, July 5, 1919. 



George Stanley Garland Reg. No. 200 

Enlisted, Sept. 3, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force- 
Aug. 20, 1915; Wounded, Suvla, Sept. 29, 1915; Admitted to Hospital, 
Alexandria, Oct. 4, 1915; Invalided to England, Dec. 26, 1915; Re- 
patriated to Newfoundland, June 9, 1916; Discharged, St. John's, medi- 
cally unfit, June 24, 1916. 



William Thomas Gellately Reg. No. 100 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Wounded, Suvla, Oct. 5, 1915; Invalided to England, 
Dec. 3, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 28, 1916; Wounded 
Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, July 3, 1916' 
Returned to B. E. F. Nov. 6, 1917; Invalided to England, Dec. 29,! 
1917; Embarked for Newfoundland on furlough, July 21, 1918; Dis- 
charged, St. John's, Feb. 15, 1919. 



Arthur Wilfred Gillam Reg. No. 454 

Enlisted, Sept. 8, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Lance Corporal, Feb. 27, 1916; British Expeditionary 
Force, March 14, 1916; Killed in action, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916. 







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Edward Francis Gladney Reg. No. 335 

Enlisted, Sept. S, 1914; Lance Corporal, April 17, 1915; Corporal, July 
27, 1915; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; 
British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Evacuated to Hospital, 
April 22, 1916; Rejoined Battalion, May 2, 1916; Sergeant, June 11, 
1916; Killed in action, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916. 





William Joseph Gladney Reg. No. 417 

Enlisted, Sept. 3, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated, Suvla, sick, Dec. 1, 1915; Invalided to Eng- 
land, Dec. 21, 1915; Attached to Depot, Ayr, May 9, 1916; Awarded 
Distinguished Conduct Medal, June 3, 1916; Mentioned in despatches, 
July 11, 1916; Embarked for Newfoundland on furlough, July 20, 1916; 
Lance Corporal, March 10, 1917; Returned to U. K. and attached to 
Depot, Ayr, April 30, 1917; British Expeditionary Force, Aug. 5, 1917; 
Wounded, Elverdingle, Sept. 27, 1917; Invalided to England, Sept. 30, 
1917; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Dec. 23, 1917; Acting Corporal, May 29, 
1918; Acting Sergeant, Nov. 7, 1918; Confirmed to rank of Corporal, 
March 12, 1919; Confirmed to rank of Sergeant, April 24, 1919; Em- 
barked for Newfoundland, May 22, 1919; Demobilized, St. John's, 
June 29, 1919. 



Malcolm Godden Reg. No. 615 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; Corporal, Sept. 24, 1914; Sergeant, Oct. 10, 
1914; Company Sergeant Major, July 30, 1915; British Mediterranean 
Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, 
March 14, 1916; Evacuated to Hospital, Aug. 23, 1916; Invalided to 
England, Sept. 4, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Nov, 6, 1916; 2nd 
Lieutenant, Nov. 1, 1916; Lieutenant, May 1, 1918; Embarked for 
Newfoundland on furlough, July 21, 1918; Returned to U. K., Oct. 19, 
1918; Evacuated to Hospital, Nov. 28, 1918; Attached to 2nd Battalion. 
Winchester, April 28, 1919; Embarked for Newfoundland, Sept. 5, 1919; 
Retired, Oct. 14, 1919. 



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Archibald Gooby Reg. No. 154 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Lance Corporal, Feb. 27, 1916; British Expeditionary 
Force, March 14, 1916; Corporal, May 8, 1916; Sergeant, Feb. 9, 1917; 
Awarded Military Medal, June 18, 1917; Wounded, Belgium, March 13, 
1918; Evacuated to England, March 19, 1918; Returned to Newfound- 
land oti duty, May 22, 1918; Acting Company Sergeant Major, March 
24, 1919; Demobilized, St. John's, Sept. 1, 1919. 







Robert Joseph Good Reg. No. 219 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915 ; Evacuated, Suvla, sick, Oct. 15, 1915 ;'Rejoined Battalion, 
Suez,' March 7, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; 
Admitted to Hospital in England while on leave from B. E. F., Dec. 28, 
1916; Joined 2nd Battalion, Ayr, Jan. 10, 1917; Repatriated to New- 
foundland, Jan. 26, 1917; Transferred to Forestry Company, May 18, 
1917; Discharged, St. John's, medically unfit, April 11, 1918. 



Josiah Robert Goodyear Reg. No. 573 

Enlisted, Sept. 18, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Lance Corporal, Nov. 14, 1915; Served with 1st Com- 
posite Battalion on Western Egyptian Frontier, Nov. 1915 to Feb. 
1916; British Expeditionary Force, March 2, 1916; Transport Ser- 
geant, June 3, 1916; Wounded, Nov. 21, 1916; Invalided to England, 
Dec. 4, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, April 21, 1917; Embarked for 
Newfoundland, May 4, 1917; Discharged, St. John's, medically unfit, 
June 6, 1917; Granted Commission, Captain, with Newfoundland 
Forestry Corps, July 18, 1917; Embarked for U. K., Dec. 11, 1917; Re- 
turned to Newfoundland, June 1, 1919; Retired, June 19, 1919. 




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Stanley Charles Goodyear Reg. No. 334 

Enlisted, Sept. 8, 1914; Lance Corporal, Oct. 3, 1914; Corporal, Feb. 
13, 1915; Transport Sergeant, June 14, 1915; British Mediterranean 
Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; Served with 1st Composite Bat- 
talion on Western Egyptian Frontier, Nov. 1915 to Feb., 1916; British 
Expeditionary Force, March 2, 1916; 2nd Lieutenant, May 10, 1916; 
Lieutenant, Aug. 1, 1917; Killed in action, Broembeek, Oct. 10, 1917; 
Awarded Military Cross, Dec. 28, 1917. 



Gilbert Thomas Gordon Reg. No. 64 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; Lance Corporal, Sept. 21, 1914; Corporal, 
Nov. 13, 1914; Transferred to the Gordon Highlanders as Commis- 
sioned Officer and Struck off the Strength, Nov. 30, 1914. 



Frank George Gough Reg. No. 132 

Enlisted, Sept. 3, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, 
Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Evacuated to England, July 3, 1916; 
Returned to B. E. F., March 25, 1917; Wounded, Broembeek, Oct. 9, 
1917; Rejoined Unit in the Field, Nov. 10, 1917; Wounded, Marcoing, 
Nov. 20, 1917; Evacuated to England, Dec. 13, 1917; Transferred to 
Forestry Corps, June 25, 1918; Returned to Newfoundland on furlough, 
July 21, 1918; Demobilized, St. John's, Feb. 15, 1919. 




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William Hoyes Grant Reg. No. 410 

Enlisted, Sept. 11, 1914; Lance Corporal, May 21, 1915; 2nd Lieutenant 
Oct. 16, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 23, 1916; Killed 
in action, in the line near Beaumont Hamel, July 16, 1916. 





Augustus Peter Green Reg. No. 251 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Oct. 16, 1915; Rejoined Bat- 
talion, Suez, March 7, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 
1916; Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, 
July 4, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Aug. 6, 1916; Returned to New- 
foundland on furlough, Sept. 27, 1916; Discharged, St. John's, medically 
unfit, March 21, 1917. 




John Henry Stanley Green Reg. No. 108 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated to England, sick, Oct. 29, 1915; 2nd Lieu- 
tenant, July 12, 1916; Attached to 57th Squadron Royal Flying Corps 
as Flying Officer, March 12, 1917; British Expeditionarv Force, March 
21, 1917; Killed in action, July 7, 1917. 



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Gordon Green Reg. No. 156 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla Bay, sick, Dec. 1, 1915; Invalided to 
England, Feb. 11, 1916; Returned to Newfoundland on furlough, 
April 17, 1916; Discharged, St. 'John's, medically unfit, Aug. 28, 1916. 




Walter Martin Greene Reg. No. 266 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; Lance Corporal, Sept. 21, 1914; Corporal, 
Nov. 13, 1914; Provost Sergeant, April 23, 1915; British Mediterranean 
Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; Awarded Distinguished Conduct 
Medal, Jan. 24, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, March. 14, 1916 
2nd Lieutenant, June 5, 1916; Wounded, Somme Raid, June 28, 1916 
Invalided to England, July 5, 1916; Returned to B. E. F., May 4, 1917 
Lieutenant, Nov. 1, 1917; Killed in action, Marcoing, Nov. 20, 1917. 



William Joseph Greene Reg. No. 320 

Enlisted, Sept. 8, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Wounded, Suvla Bay, Nov. 5, 1915; Attached to Depot, 
Ayr, March 9, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, March 28, 1916; 
Joined Battalion, April 15, 1916; Wounded, Gueudecourt, Oct. 12, 
1916; Invalided to England, Oct. 24, 1916; Repatriated to Newfound- 
land, Feb. 23, 1918; Discharged, St. John's, medically unfit, June 8, 
1918. 




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Robert Cecil Grieve Reg. No. 13 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Wounded, Suvla Bay, Oct. 10, 1915; British Expedi- 
tionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 
1916; Repatriated to Newfoundland; Discharged, St. John's, medically 
unfit, Nov. 24, 1917. 




James Patrick Griffin Reg. No. 577 

Enlisted, Sept. 22, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Oct. 27, 1915; Invalided to 
England from Hospital at Mudros, Dec. 5, 1915; Attached to Depot, 
Ayr, April 28, 1916; Embarked for Newfoundland, June 9, 1916; Dis- 
charged, St. John's, medically unfit, June 24, 1916. 



Philip John Grouchy Reg. No. 369 

Enlisted, Sept. 5, 1914; Struck off Strength, Newton on Ayr, time 
expired, Dec. 11, 1915. 



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T. J. Hackett Reg. No. 408 

Enlisted, Sept. 8, 1914; Struck off Strength, Salisbury Plain, Oct. 31, 
1914. 



Robert Haley Reg. No. 489 

Enlisted, Sept. 11, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Served with 1st Composite Battalion on Western 
Egyptain Frontier, Nov. 1915 to Feb., 1916; British Expeditionary 
Force, March 2, 1916; Evacuated to Hospital, sick, Julv 9, 1916; Dis- 
charged to duty, July 13, 1916; Wounded, Elverdinghe, Sept. 23, 1917; 
Invalided to England, Oct. 25, 1917; Embarked for Newfoundland, 
Feb. 23, 1918; Discharged, St. John's, medically unfit, April 10, 1918. 



William Hall Reg. No. 352 

Enlisted, Sept. 5, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Em- 
barked for Newfoundland on furlough, Oct. 10, 1916; Returned to 
U. K., and attached to Depot, Ayr, April 30, 1917; Acting Sergeant 
July 18, 1917; Confirmed to Rank of Sergeant, July 1, 1918; Returned 
to B. E. F., July 2, 1918; Joined Battalion, July 9, 1918; Killed in 
action, Ledgeham, Oct. 14, 1918. 




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Arthur Hammond Reg. No. 79 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; Lance Corporal, Sept. 21, 1914; Corporal, 
July 2, 1915; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 
1915; Ambulance Sergeant, Nov. 14, 1915; British Expeditionary 
Force, March 14, 1916; Awarded Military Medal, Oct. 18, 1917; 
Returned to Newfoundland on furlough, July 27, 1918; Returned to 
U. K., Sept. 22, 1918; Acting Company Sergeant Major, Nov. 12, 1918; 
Attached to Pay and Record Office, London, Nov. 21, 1918; Returned 
to Newfoundland, May 22, 1919; Demobilized, St. John's, Oct. 14, 1919. 



Charles Hammond Reg. No. 594 

Enlisted, Sept. 26, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Dec. 5, 1915; Invalided to Eng- 
land, Dec. 26, 1915; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Feb. 24, 1916; British 
Expeditionary Force with band, March 1, 1917; Returned to U. K., 
and joined Depot, Ayr, April IS, 1917; Returned to B. E. F., with 
band, July 1, 1918; Embarked for Newfoundland on furlough, July 7, 
1918; Demobilized, St. John's, Feb. 15, 1919. 



Thomas Hammond Reg. No. 360 

Enlisted, Sept. 5, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Evacuated 
to Hospital, July 27, 1916; Invalided to England, Aug. 2, 1916; At- 
tached to Depot, Ayr, Aug. 22, 1916; Embarked for Newfoundland, 
Oct. 27, 1916; Attached for duty to Headquarters, St. John's, Jan. 5, 
1917; Lance Corporal, Jan. 15, 1917; Acting Corporal, March 9, 1917; 
Sergeant, Aug. 17, 1917; Acting Staff Sergeant, March 24, 1919; 
Awarded Meritorious Service Medal, June 3, 1919; Still on Strength. 



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James Patrick Haney Reg. No. 476 

Enlisted, Sept. 10, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Killed in 
action, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916. 




Jacob Hann Reg. No. 90 

Enlisted, Sept. 4, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Evacuated 
to England, sick, Sept. 14, 1917; Returned to B. E. P., Feb. 4, 1918; 
Returned to Newfoundland on Blue Puttee leave, July 24, 1918; 
Demobilized, St. John's, Feb. 15, 1919. 



Herbert Harding Reg. No. 353 

Enlisted, Sept. 7, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Served with 1st Composite Battalion, Western Egyptian 
Frontier, Nov. 1915 to Feb. 1916; British Expeditionary Force, March 
2, 1916; Admitted to Hospital, Aug. 8, 1916; Rejoined Battalion, 
Aug. 26, 1916; Wounded, Belgium, Sept. 5, 1916; Discharged to Base, 
Rouen, Oct. 20, 1916; Rejoined Battalion, Nov. 7, 1916; Lance Corporal 
April 16, 1917; Killed in action Monchy, April 23, 1917. 




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William Frank Hardy Reg. No. 179 

Enlisted, Sept. 4, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Killed in action, Suvla Bay, Sept. 23, 1915. 



Walter Joseph Harnett Reg. No. 458 

Enlisted, Sept. S, 1914: British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Served with 1st Composite Battalion on Western 
Egyptian Frontier, Nov. 1915 to Feb. 1916; British Expeditionary 
Force, March 2, 1916; Evacuated to Hospital, Sept. 2, 1916; Rejoined 
Battalion, Sept. 21, 1916; Embarked for Newfoundland on furlough, 
July 27, 1918; Demobilized, St. John's, Feb. 15, 1919. 



Lawrence George Harsant Reg. No. 431 

Enlisted, Sept. 7, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Lance Corporal, Sept. 6, 1915; Corporal, Nov. 2, 1915; 
British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, Beaumont 
Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, July 5, 1916; Attached to 
Depot, Ayr, Sept. 20, 1916; Acting Sergeant, Nov. 16, 1916; Acting 
Company Quartermaster Sergeant, April 6, 1918; Confirmed to Rank 
of Sergeant, April 27, 1918; Embarked for Newfoundland on furlough 
July 27, 1918; Demobilized, St. John's, Feb. 15, 1919. 



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Arthur Piercey Hartley Reg. No. 174 

Enlisted, Sept. 4, 1914; Lance Corporal, June 22, 1 9 1 5 ; British Mediter- 
ranean Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary 
Force, March 14, 1916; Corporal, Oct. 12, 1916; Reported missing, 
Monchy, April 14, 1917; Later reported prisoner of war, Germany; 
Repatriated to England, Dec. 2, 1918; Demobilized, U. K., March 1, 
1919. 



Leonard Vincent Hartley Reg. No. 294 

Enlisted, Sept. 1 1, 1914; Lance. Corporal, July 20, 1915; British Mediter- 
ranean Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary 
Force, March 14, 1916; Evacuated to Hospital, June 28, 1916; Rejoined 
Battalion, July 12,1916; Corporal, Oct. 12,1916; Wounded, Gueudecourt, 
Oct. 12, 1916; Evacuated to England, Oct. 17, 1916; Attached to Pay 
and Record Office, London, March 13, 1917; Discharged, U. K., medic- 
ally unfit, March 29, 191S. 



Gerald Harvey Reg. No. 333 

Enlisted, Sept. 10, 1914; 2nd Lieutenant, April 6, 1915; British Mediter- 
ranean Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; Wounded, Suvla, Oct. 3, 
1915; Invalided to England, Oct. 6, 1915; Lieutenant, Oct. 15, 1915; 
Attached to Depot, Ayr, April 11, 1916; Returned to Newfoundland 
on furlough, April 17, 1916; Returned to U. K., July 27, 1916; Attached 
to Royal Flying Corps, Sept. 26, 1916; Rejoined 2nd Battalion, March 7, 
1917; British Expeditionary Force, May 4, 1917; Wounded, Belgium, 
Oct. 7, 1917; Invalided to England, Oct. 23, 1917; Returned to New- 
foundland, Jan. 30, 1919; Retired, Feb. 25, 1919. 




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Wilfred Eric Harvey Reg. No. 324 

Enlisted, .Sept. 4, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Dec. 7, 1915; Invalided to Eng- 
land, Dec. 14, 1915; Attached to Depot, Ayr, April 14, 1916; British 
Expeditionarv Force, Aug. 5, 1917; Embarked for Newfoundland on 
furlough, Julv 27, 1918; Demobilized, St. John's, Feb. 15, 1919. 



George Bernard Hatfield Reg. No. 65 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, April 8, 1916; Killed in 
action, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916. 



Herbert Stephen Heater Reg. No. 180 

Enlisted, Sept. 5, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Oct. 6, 1915; Invalided to 
England, Oct. 16, 1915; Lance Corporal, April 20, 1916; Acting Corporal, 
Aug. 11, 1916; Acting Sergeant, Oct. 28, 1916; Confirmed to Rank of 
Sergeant, March 23, 1917; British Expeditionary Force, March 25, 
1917; Evacuated to Hospital, May 18, 1917; Invalided to England, 
[une 9, 1917; Returned to Newfoundland on furloueh, July 27, 1918; 
Demobilized, Feb. 8, 1919. 



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Robert Henderson Reg. No. 471 

Enlisted, Sept. 9, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Dec. 3, 1915; Invalided to Eng- 
land, Dec. 28, 1915; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Feb. 25, 1916; Repa- 
triated to Newfoundland, Dec. 12, 19 IS; Demobilized, St. John's, Jan. 
31, 1919. 



Alexander Hennebury Reg. No. 461 

Enlisted, Sept. 11, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Wounded, Suvla, Sept. 29, 1915; Rejoined Battalion, 
Suez, March 1, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; 
Awarded Military Medal, Jan. 14, 191S; Embarked for Newfoundland 
on furlough, Tuly 27, 1918; Demobilized, St. John's, Feb. 15, 1919. 



Ewan Hennebury Reg. No. 19 

Enlisted, Sept. 3, 1914; Lance Corporal, Sept. 21, 1914; Corporal, July 
30, 1915; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; 
Evacuated Suvla, sick, Nov. 7, 1915; Rejoined Battalion, Feb. 21, 1916; 
British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, Gueudecourt, 
Oct. 12, 1916; Invalided to England, Oct. 17, 1916; Repatriated to New- 
foundland, May 4, 1917; Discharged, medically unfit, June 6, 1917; 
Reattested for home defence duty, June 21, 1917; Acting Sergeant, 
Dec. 13, 1917; Discharged, medically unfit, Nov. IS, 191S. 




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Hubert Clinton Herder Reg. No. 3 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; Lance Corporal, Sept. 21, 1914; Corporal, Nov. 
15, 1914; 2nd Lieutenant, April 6, 1915; British Mediterranean Expe- 
ditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; Lieutenant, Oct. 15, 1915; Served with 
1st Composite Battalion on Western Egyptian Frontier, Nov. 1915, to 
Feb. 1916; British Expeditionary Force, March. 10, 1916; Killed in 
action, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916. 



Ralph Barnes Herder Reg. No. 34 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; Lance Corporal, July 26, 1915; British Medi- 
terranean Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; Corporal, Dec. 11, 1915; 
British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; 2nd Lieutenant, July 1, 
1916; Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided to England; 
Returned to B. E. F., Oct. 27, 1916; Wounded, Monchy, April 14, 1917; 
Repatriated to Newfoundland; Lieutenant, Jan. 1, 191 S; Retired, June 
30, 1918. 



James Francis Hibbs Reg. No. 299 

Enlisted, Sept. S, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force; 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Evacuated 
to Hospital, sick, March 19, 1918; Discharged to duty, March 27, 1918, 
Embarked for Newfoundland on furlough, July 27, 1918; Demobilized, 
St. John's, Feb. 15, 1919. 



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. James Joseph Hickey Reg. No. 113 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, 
Elverdinghe, Sept. 26, 1917; Returned to Newfoundland on furlough, 
July 21, 1918; Demobilized, St. John's, Feb. 15, 1919. 



John Joseph Hickey Reg. No. 586 

Enlisted, Sept. 22, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, 
Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Joined Base Depot, Rouen, July 13, 
1916; Rejoined Battalion, Aug. 7, 1916; Wounded, Gueudecourt, Oct. 12, 
1916; Invalided to England, Oct. 18, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, 
Nov. 15, 1916; Returned to B. E. F., Aug. 5, 1917; Joined Battalion, 
Aug. 28, 1917; Wounded, Marcoing, Nov. 20, 1917; Invalided to Eng- 
land, Nov. 24, 1917; Attached to Depot, Winchester, Jan. 5, 1918; Em- 
barked for Newfoundland on furlough, July 21, 1918; Demobilized, St. 
John's, Feb. 15, 1919. 



John Hickey Reg. No. 252 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, 
Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, July 7, 1916; 
Attached to Depot, Ayr, Oct. 10, 1916; Returned to Newfoundland, 
Jan. 26, 1917; Discharged, St. John's, medically unfit, April 25, 1917. 




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William Francis Hickey Reg. No. 119 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded 
Somme raid, June 16, 1916; Evacuated to England, July 13, 1916; Re- 
patriated to Newfoundland, Nov. 25, 1916; Discharged, St. John's, 
medically unfit, Dec. 29, 1916. 





John Hipditch Reg. No. 240 

Enlisted, Sept. 5, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Oct. 20, 1915; Invalided to Eng- 
land, Dec. 26, 1915; Attached to 2nd Battalion, Jan. IS, 1916; Re- 
patriated to Newfoundland, April 4, 1916; Discharged, St. John's, 
medically unfit, April 11, 1917. 






George Craniford Hiscock Reg. No. 342 

Enlisted, Sept. S, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Nov. 14, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Evacu- 
ated to Hospital, Sept. 16, 1916; Invalided to England, Oct. 15, 1916; 
Attached to Depot, Ayr, Dec. 4, 1916; Repatriated to Newfoundland, 
Jan. 26, 1917; Discharged, St. John's, medically unfit, Aug. 23, 1917. 



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Edward John Hoare Reg. No. 453 

Enlisted Sept. S, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Au°- ?0 1915; Served with 1st Composite Battalion on Western Egyp- 
tian" Frontier, Nov. 1915, to Feb. 1916; Admitted to Egyptian Gov- 
ernment Hospital, Jan. 29, 1916; Transferred to 27th General Hos- 
pital, Abbassia, April 18, 1916; Died of Typhoid, June 14, 1916. 




John Herbert Hockley Reg. No. 216 

Enlisted Sept. 5, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20,' 1915; Lance Corporal, Feb. 27, 1916; British Expeditionary 
Force March 14, 1916; Killed in action, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916. 




Aiden Joseph Hogan Reg. No. 237 

Enlisted, Sept. 4, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Nov. 14, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, April 13, 1916; Wounded, 
Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, July 5, 1916; 
Repatriated to Newfoundland, June 15, 1917; Discharged, St. Johns, 
medically unfit, July 31, 1917. 




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Luke Holden Reg. No. 329 

Enlisted, Sept. 5, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Killed in 
action, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916. 



Patrick Holden Reg. No. 555 

Enlisted, Sept. 16, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Wounded, Suvla, Dec. 14, 1915; Admitted to Valletta 
Hospital, Malta, Dec. 22, 1915; Died of wounds, Jan. 29, 1916. 



Albert Norman Hooper Reg. No. 248 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Nov. 14, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, 
Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, July 4, 1916; 
Attached to Depot, Ayr, Aug. 21, 1916; Returned to B. E. F., March 1, 
1918; Joined Battalion, April'5, 1918; Wounded, Neuve Eglise, April 
13, 1918; Invalided to England, May 7, 1918; Repatriated to New- 
foundland, May 22, 1919; Demobilized, St. John's, July 12, 1919. 



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Thomas Anthony Horan Reg. No. 212 

Enlisted, Sept. 3, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, 
Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, July 4, 1916; 
Repatriated to Newfoundland, Nov. 25. 1916: Discharged, St. John's, 
medically unfit, Dec. 29, 1916. 




Lawrence Amour Hoskins Reg. No. 449 

Enlisted, Sept. 8, 1914; British Mediterranean ' Expeditionary Force 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Dec. 5, 1915; Rejoined Battalion 
at Suez, March 1, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; 
Admitted to Hospital, Rouen, Feb. 27, 1917; Rejoined Battalion, May 
7, 1917; Wounded, Marcoing, Nov. 20, 1917; Invalided to England, 
Nov. 23, 1917; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Jan. 3, 1918; Embarked for 
Newfoundland on furlough, July 21, 1918; Demobilized, St. John's 
Feb. 15, 1919. 



James Patrick Houlahan Reg. No. 500 

Enlisted, Sept. 14, 1914; Lance Corporal, Aug. 18, 1915; British Medi- 
terranean Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary 
Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, Julv 1, 1916; In- 
valided to England, July 7, 1916; Attached to Pay and Record Office, 
London, Dec. 20, 1916; Admitted to 3rd London General Hospital, 
Wandsworth, June 19, 1917; Discharged to duty, Nov. 30, 1917; At- 
tached to Depot, Ayr, Dec. 6, 1917; Discharged, U. K., medically unfit 
Sept. 17, 1918. 




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James John Howard Reg. No. 560 

Enlisted, Sept. 16, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Killed in 
action, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916. 




Moses Howell Reg. No. 462 

Enlisted, Sept. 8, 1914; Struck off Strength, Newton on Ayr, medically 
unfit, Nov. 26, 1915. 



Thomas Humphrey Reg. No. 375 

Enlisted, Sept. 8, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Nov. 25, 1915; British Expedi- 
tionary Force, March 18, 1916; Admitted to Hospital, Rouen, March 
30, 1916; Invalided to England, April 12, 1916; Attached to Depot, 
Ayr, Aug. 1, 1916; Returned to B. E. F., Aug. 5, 1917; Admitted to 
Hospital, March 1, 1918; Invalided to England, March 15, 1918; At- 
tached to Depot, Ayr, May 2, 19 IS; Embarked for Newfoundland on 
furlough, July 21, 1918; Demobilized, St. John's, Feb. 15, 1919. 



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William Humphries Reg. No. 588 

Enlisted, Sept. 24, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Lance 
Corporal, July 12, 19 16; Wounded, Gueudecourt, Oct. 12, 1916; Invalided 
to England, Oct. 19, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, March 1, 1917; Em- 
barked for Newfoundland, March 9, 1917; Discharged, St. John's, 
medically unfit, April 25, 1917. 



James Hunt Reg. No. 564 

Enlisted, Sept. 16, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Served with 1st Composite Battalion on Western Egyp- 
tian Frontier, Nov. 1915, to Feb. 1916; British Expeditionary Force, 
March 2, 1916; Wounded, Steenbeke, Aug. 16, 1917; Invalided to Eng- 
land, Aug. 24, 1917; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Nov. 1, 1917; Returned 
to B. E. F., Feb. 4, 1918; Joined Battalion, Feb. 15, 191S; Wounded, 
Haslar Camp, March 13, 1918; Invalided to England, March 21, 1918; 
Attached to Depot, Winchester, Aug. 14, 1918; Embarked for New- 
foundland, Sept. 23, 1918; Discharged, St. John's, medically unfit, Nov. 
1, 1918. 



William Joseph Hurley Reg. No. 1 1 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; Discharged, Newton on Ayr, time expired, Oct. 
15, 1915; later enlisted with Canadian Contingent. 





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William Thomas Hussey Reg. No. 356 

Enlisted, Sept. 7, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
March 20, 1915; Appointed Master Cook, Oct. 24, 1915; British 
Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Sergeant, June 11, 1916; Killed 
in action, Monchy, April 14, 1917. 




Harold Hutchings Reg. No. 602 

Enlisted, Sept. 28, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Served with 1st Composite Battalion on Western 
Egyptian Frontier, Nov. 1915 to Feb. 1916; British Expeditionary 
Force, March 2, 1916; Killed in action, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916. 




William F. C. Hutchings Reg. No. 538 

Enlisted, Sept. 16, 1914; Lance Corporal, Sept. 21, 1914; Corporal, 
July 2, 1915; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 
1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Nov. 26, 1915; Admitted to Hospital, 
Malta, Dec. 3, 1915; Invalided to England, Jan. 24, 1916; Attached 
to Depot, Ayr, March 4, 1916; Attached to Pay and Record Office, 
London, June 16, 1916; Acting Staff Sergeant, Nov. 24, 1917; Embarked 
for Newfoundland on furlough, Julv 21, 1918; Returned to U. K. and 
re-attached to Pay and Record Office, Nov. IS, 1918; Embarked for 
Newfoundland, Jan. 3, 1919; Demobilized, St. John's, Feb. 27, 1919. 





John Francis Hynes Reg. No. 238 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Dec. 1, 1915; Invalided to Eng- 
land, Dec. 24, 1915; Attached to 2nd Battalion, April 2S, 1916; Dis- 
charged, Newton on Ayr, medically unfit, May 13, 1916; Reattested 
June 14, 1917; Repatriated to Newfoundland, July 10, 1917; Dis- 
charged, St. John's, medically unfit, July 31, 1917. 



James Main Irvine Reg. No. 49 

Enlisted, Sept. .2, 1914; Lance Corporal, Sept. 21, 1914; Corporal, 
Oct. 3, 1914; Sergeant, Nov. 16, 1914; Company Sergeant Major, 
Oct. 21, 1915; 2nd Lieutenant, Oct. 30, 1915; British Expeditionary 
Force, June 5, 1916; Admitted to Hospital in England, Jan. 13, 1917; 
Returned to B. E. F., April 23, 1 9 1 7 ; Lieutenant, Aug. 1, 1 9 1 7 ; Admitted 
to Hospital, Dec. 16, 1917; Transferred to England , Dec. 29, 1917; 
Attached to Depot, Winchester, March 29, 1918; Embarked for New- 
foundland on furlough, July 21, 1918; Returned to U. K., Oct. 19, 
191S; Returned to B. E. F., Nov. 19, 1918; Admitted to Hospital, 
Nov. 26, 1918; Discharged to duty, March 8, 1919; Transferred to 
U. K., April 22, 1919; Embarked for Newfoundland, May 22, 1919; 
Retired, July 29, 1919. 



Arthur Joseph Jackman Reg. No. 533 

Enlisted, Sept. 15, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20,1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Nov. 29,1915; Invalided to England 
Dec. 24, 1915; Attached to Depot, A5T, Feb. 14, 1916; British Expedi- 
tionary Force, March 2S, 1916; Joined Battalion, April 15, 1916; Killed 
in action, Monchy, April 14, 1917. 



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George Arthur Jackman Reg. No. 118 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, 
Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Evacuated to England, July 5, 1916; 
Repatriated to Newfoundland, Feb. 17, 1917; Discharged, St. John's, 
medically unfit, April 4, 1917. 



Cecil Stanley James Reg. No. 102 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; Lance Corporal, Sept. 21, 1914; Sergeant, 
May 6, 1915; 2nd Lieutenant, Nov. 27, 1915; British Expeditionary 
Force, Oct. 5, 1916; Lieutenant, Nov. 27, 1916; Wounded, Monchy, 
April 14, 1917; Embarked for Newfoundland on sick furlough, June 
15, 1917; Conducted Draft to England; Conducted second Draft to 
England, June 22, 1918; Returned to B. E. F., Nov. 5, 1918; Retired, 
April 10, 1919. 



Charles Robert James Reg. No. 436 

Enlisted, Sept. 8, 1914; Sergeant, Sept. 21, 1914; British Mediterranean 
Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Oct. 20, 
1915; Invalided to England, Nov. 30, 1915; Attached to Depot, Ayr, 
Jan. 8, 1916; Discharged, St. John's, medically unfit, Feb. 17, 1916. 




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Thomas Lincoln James Reg. No. 370 

Enlisted, Sept. 5, 1914; Struck off Strength, Newton on Ayr, time 
expired and medically unfit, Oct. 15, 1915. 




Harold Clark Janes Reg. No. 109 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; Lance Corporal, Nov. 13, 1914; Corporal, 
June 14, 1915; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 
1915; Orderly Room Sergeant, Sept. 13, 1915; Employed at General 
Head Office Staff, 3rd Echelon, Alexandria, Sept. 13, 1915; British 
Expeditionary Force, March IS, 1916; Employed at Headquarters 
Staff, 3rd Echelon, Rouen, March 29, 1916; Returned to Newfoundland 
on sick furlough, July 10, 1917; Attached for duty to Militia Depart- 
ment, Jan. 24, 1918; Acting Staff Sergeant Major, June 25, 1918; 
Awarded Meritorious Service Medal, June 3, 1919; Honorary 2nd 
Lieutenant, Sept. 1, 1919; Still on Strength. 




Harold Wesley Janes Reg. No. 197 

Enlisted, Sept. 4, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Nov. 28, 1915; Invalided to 
England, Feb. 5, 1916; Attached to Depot, 2nd Battalion, March 30, 
1916; Returned to Newfoundland on furlough, July 21, 1918; Demobi- 
lized, St. John's, Feb. 15, 1919. 



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Thomas Patrick Janes Reg. No. 136 

Enlisted, Sept. 3, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March IS, 1916; Wounded, 
Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Evacuated to England, July 4, 1916; 
Returned to B. E. F., Aug. 5, 1917; Transferred to England, "Perman- 
ent Base," Aug. 12, 1917; Repatriated to Newfoundland, July 21, 1918; 
Discharged, St. John's, medically unfit, Sept. 2, 1918. 



Walter Harold Janes Reg. No. 56 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Lance Corporal, Nov. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary 
Force, March 2, 1916; Corporal, Sept. 28, 1916; Acting Sergeant, 
Nov. 7, 1916; Confirmed to Rank of Sergeant, Feb. 9, 1917; Wounded, 
Steenbeke, Aug. 16, 1917; Attached to Pay and Record Office, London, 
for duty, Jan. 9, 1918; Demobilized, St. John's, March 20, 1919. 



John Allan Jeans Reg. No. 424 

Enlisted, Sept. 3, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated to Hospital, sick, Nov. 30, 1915; Discharged 
to duty, Dec. 31, 1915; Rejoined Battalion, Suez, Jan. 16, 1916; British 
Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Killed in action, Beaumont 
Hamel, July 1, 1916. 



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Silas Jeffers Reg. No. 292 

Enlisted, Sept. S, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Killed in 
action, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916. 



Jens William Jenson Reg. No. 569 

Enlisted, Sept. 17, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Oct. 6, 1915; Admitted to 
Hospital at Malta, Oct. 9, 1915; Invalided to England, Nov. 19, 1915; 
Embarked for Newfoundland, Sept. 15, 1916; Discharged, St. John's, 
medically unfit, Dec. 29, 1916. 




Arthur Francis Jesseau Reg. No. 249 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Nov. 1, 1915; Invalided to 
England, Jan. 25, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, April 19, 1916; 
British Expeditionary Force, June 25, 1916; Prisoner of War, Monchy, 
April 14, 1917; Mentioned in Sir Douglas Haig's Despatches, June 1, 
1917; Repatriated to England, Nov. 25, 1918; Embarked for New- 
foundland, Dec. 12, 191S; Demobilized, St. John's, March 27, 1919. 



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John Joseph Johnson Reg. No. 135 

Enlisted, Sept. 3, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Admitted to Hospital at Cairo, Sept. 11, 1 9 1 5 ; Discharged 
to Base, Alexandria, Sept. 22, 1915; Embarked for Gallipoli, Oct. 25, 
1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, remained 
at duty, April 29, 1916; Killed in action, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 
1916. 



Edward Joy Reg. No. 502 

Enlisted, Sept 14, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Evacuated 
to Hospital, Feb. 2, 1917; Discharged to duty, March 5, 1917; Lance 
Corporal, Aug. 20, 1917; Corporal, Nov. 1, 1917; Awarded Military 
Medal, Nov. 20, 1917; Acting Sergeant, Dec. 26, 1917; Confirmed to 
Rank of Sergeant, March 16, 1918; Embarked for Newfoundland on 
special duty, May 22, 1918; Returned to U. K., Oct. 12, 1918; Died 
of Pneumonia at Military Hospital, Devonport, Oct. 14, 1918; Awarded 
Bar to Military Medal, May 21, 1919. 



Clifford H. O. Jupp Reg. No. 157 

Enlisted. Sept. 5, 1914; Lance Corporal, June 12, 1915; British Mediter- 
ranean Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20,' 1915; Coiporal, Sept. 26, 1915; 
Sergeant, Nov. 14, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; 
Acting Company Quartermaster Sergeant, May 29, 1916; 2nd Lieu- 
tenant, June 11, 1916; Killed in action, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 
1916. 




























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Leonard John Jupp Reg. No. 162 

Enlisted, Sept. 5, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla Bay, sick, Nov. 26, 1915; Invalided to 
England, Dec. 26, 1915; Discharged from Hospital, Feb. 15, 1916; 
Reported for duty with 2nd Battalion, Ayr, March 14, 1916; Lance 
orporal, April 16, 1916; Acting Corporal, Sept. 12, 1916; Acting 
Sergeant, Tan. 17, 1917; Discharged, U. K., medically unfit, March 2, 
1918. 



George Kane Reg. No. 208 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Nov. 29, 1915; Invalided to 
England, Jan. 17, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, June 25, 1916; 
Killed in action, Mesnieres, Dec. 3, 1917. 



Joseph Arthur Kavanagh Reg. No. 106 

Enlisted, Sept. 14, 1914; British -Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March IS, 1916; Wounded, 
Monchy, April 14, 1917; Embarked for Newfoundland on furlough, 
July 27, 1918; Demobilized, St. John's, Feb. 15, 1919. 



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Walter Kearley Reg. No. 552 

Enlisted, Sept. 16, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Oct. 11, 1915; Admitted to 
Hospital, Malta, Nov. 26, 1915; Invalided to England, Nov. 29, 1915; 
Attached to Depot, Ayr, April 12, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, 
June 25, 1916; Wounded, Sailly-Saillisel, March 3, 1917; Invalided to 
England, March 6, 1917; Attached to Depot, Ayr, April 18, 1917; 
Returned to B. E. F., Aug. 5, 1917; Joined Battalion, Aug. 28, 1917; 
Wounded, Broembeek, Oct. 9, 1917; Invalided to England, Oct. 21, 
1917; Attached to Depot, Winchester, May 15, 1919; Embarked for 
Newfoundland, May 22, 1919; Demobilized, St. John's, June 29, 1919. 




William Wallace Kearney Reg. No. 68 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force 
Aug. 20, 1915; Wounded, Suvla Bay, Oct. 31, 1915; Repatriated to 
Newfoundland, Jan. 17, 1916; Discharged, St. John's, medicallv 
unfit, March 31, 1916. 



Hubert John Keats Reg. No. 613 

Enlisted, Oct. 1, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Oct. 21, 1915; Rejoined Bat- 
talion, Suez, Jan. 31, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 
1916; Evacuated to Hospital, May 7, 1916; Discharged to duty, May 
27, 1916; Wounded, Monchy, April 14, 1917; Invalided to England, 
April 20, 1917; Repatriated to Newfoundland, May 13, 191 S; Dis- 
charged, St. John's, medically unfit, Aug. 1, 1918. 




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William Keats Reg. No. 203 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, 
Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Evacuated to England, July 4, 1916; 
Returned to B. E. F., Jan. 31, 1917; Killed in action, Monchy, April 
14, 1917. 



Frederick Keel Reg. No. 490 

Enlisted, Sept. 11, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Nov. 14, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded 
Somme Raid, June 20, 1916; Invalided to England, July 1, 1916; At- 
tached toDepot, Ayr, April 19, 1917; Demobilized, U. K., May 19, 
1919. 




Ernest Kelly Reg. No. 27 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, 
Beaumont Hamel, Julv 1, 1916; Lance Corporal, Oct. 27, 1916; In- 
valided to England, Acting Corporal, Jan. 17, 1917; Returned to B. E. 
F., Nov. 6, 1917; Wounded, Marcoing, Nov. 20, 1917; Demobilized, 
St. John's, Feb. 15, 1919. 



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John Joseph Kelly Reg. No. 188 

Enlisted, Sept. 3, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Oct. 5, 1915; Invalided to Eng- 
land, Dec. 12, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, Jan. 31, 1917, 
Wounded, Elverdinghe, Sept. 28, 1917; Evacuated to Hospital; Re- 
joined Battalion in the field, Oct. 29, 1917; Wounded, Marcoing, Nov. 
20, 1917; Invalided to England, Nov. 23, 1917; Returned to Newfound- 
land on furlough, July 21, 1918; Demobilized, St. John's, April 3, 1919. 




Michael Francis Kelly Reg. No. 148 

Enlisted, Sept. 3, 1914; Lance Corporal, June 19, 1915; Corporal, Oct. 
29, 1915; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Nov. 14, 1915; 
British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Sergeant, June 11, 1916; 
Killed in action, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916. 




Thomas Joseph Kelly Reg. No. 1 78 

Enlisted, Sept. 13, 1914; British Mediterransan Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla Bay, sick, Oct. 9, 1915; Invalided to 
England, Nov. 6, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 2S, 1916; 
Killed in action, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916. 



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Leo Terrence Kennedy Reg. No. 224 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Oct. 6, 1915; Invalided to Eng- 
land, Nov. 22, 1915; Attached to 2nd Battalion, Ayr, Jan. S, 1916; 
British Expeditionary Force, Aug. 24, 1916; Wounded, Ypres, Sept. S, 
1916; Evacuated to England, Sept. 13, 1916; Attached to 2nd Bat- 
talion, Oct. 23, 1916; Returned to B. E. F., March 25, 1917; Wounded, 
Marcoing, Dec. 4, 1917; Invalided to England, Dec. 8, 1917; Attached 
to Depot, 2nd Battalion, Jan. 6, 19 IS; Returned to Newfoundland, 
Dec. 12, 19 IS; Demobilized, St. John's, Jan. 31, 1919. 



Michael Francis Kennedy Reg. No. 355 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Dec. 21, 1915; Rejoined Bat- 
talion, Suez, Jan. 31, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 
1916; Killed in action, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916. 



William P. Kenneth Reg. No. 127 

Enlisted, Sept. 7, 1914; Struck off Strength, Newton on Ayr, time ex- 
pired, Oct. 22, 1915. 



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Robert Kershaw Reg. No. 406 

Enlisted, Sept. 3, 1914; Sergeant, Sept. 21, 1914; Company Quarter- 
master Sergeant, July 31, 1915; British Mediterranean Expeditionary 
Force, Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Oct. 21, 1915; Admitted 
to Hospital, Alexandria, Oct. 26, 1915; Invalided to England, Dec. 26, 
1915; Attached to Depot, Ayr, April 3, 1916; Company Sergeant Major, 
April 5, 1916; 2nd Lieutenant, May 29, 1917; Returned to B. E. F., 
Dec. 18, 1917; Wounded, Belgium, March 9, 1918; Died of wounds, 
March 9, 1918. 



Stanley S. Kirby Reg. No. 242 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Oct. 31, 1915; Invalided to Eng- 
land, Dec. 6, 1915; Attached to Depot, Ayr, March 9, 1916; British 
Expeditionary Force, March 2S, 1916; Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, 
July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, July 3, 1916; Attached to Depot, 
Avr, Feb. 1, 1917; Returned to B. E. F., Aug. 5, 1917; Wounded, Mar- 
co'ing, Dec. 1, 1917; Invalided to England, Dec. 12, 1917; Attached to 
Depot, Ayr, June 21, 191-8; Embarked for Newfoundland on furlough, 
July 21, 191S; Discharged, St. John's, medically unfit, Nov. 25, 1918. 



George Samuel Knight Reg. No. 309 

Enlisted, Sept. 7, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Killed in action, Suvla Bay, Dec. 2, 1915. 



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Francis Herbert Knight Reg. No. 287 

Enlisted, Sept. 8, 1914; Lance Corporal, April 15, 1915; 2nd Lieutenant, 
April 22, 1915; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 
1915; Lieutenant, Jan. 1, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 
1916; Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, 
Tuly 1 1, 1916; Returned to Newfoundland, July 20, 1916; Retired, Dec. 
22, 1916. 



William Knight Reg. No. 373 

Enlisted, Sept. 7, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Admitted to Hospital, Cairo, Jan. 20, 1916; British Ex- 
peditionary Force, May S, 1916; Joined Battalion, June 9, 1916; Killed 
in action, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916. 




William Blackler Knight Reg. No. 290 

Enlisted, Sept. 5, 1914; Lance Corporal, Sept. 21, 1914; Corporal, July 
2, 1915; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915;Ser- 
geant, Nov. 14, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; 
Killed in action, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916. 



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Roland Stephen Lacey Reg. No. 77 

Enlisted, Sept. 4, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Lance Corporal, February 3, 1916; British Expeditionary 
Force, March 23, 1916; Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Re- 
patriated to Newfoundland, June 6, 1917; Discharged, St. John's, 
medically unfit, July 11, 1917. 



Edward Lahey Reg. No. 259 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Lance 
Corporal, Aug. 11, 1916; Corporal, Sept. 2S, 1916; Evacuated to Hos- 
pital, Nov. 14, 1916; Evacuated to England, Nov. 15, 1916; Attached 
to Depot, Ayr, Feb. 24, 1917; Embarked for Newfoundland, March 23, 
1917; Discharged, St. John's, medically unfit, May 9, 1917. 




Robert Joseph Lahey Reg. No. 254 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Wounded, Suvla, Nov. 28, 1915; Rejoined Battalion 
Suez, Jan. 16, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; 
Killed in action, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916. 




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James Lambert Reg. No. 387 

Enlisted, Sept. 7, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Lance Corporal. Nov. 14, 1915; British Expeditionary- 
Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; In- 
valided to England, July 3, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Aug. 11, 
1916; Attached to Pay and Record Office, London, Aug. 17, 1916; Act- 
ing Corporal, Dec. 23, 1916; Acting Staff Sergeant, Nov. 24, 1917; 
Acting Quartermaster Sergeant, Nov. 23, 1918; Appointed Superin- 
tending Clerk, April 12, 1919; Acting Staff Sergeant Major, June 25, 
1919; Awarded Meritorious Service Medal, June 3, 1919; 'Still on 
Strength. 



George Langmead, Jr. Reg. No. 14 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; Sergeant, Sept. 21, 1914; Company Quarter- 
master Sergeant, July 31, 1915; British Mediterranean Expeditionary 
Force, Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; 
Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Commission, 2nd Lieuten- 
ant, July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, July 4, 1916; British Expedi- 
tionary Force, March 12, 1917; Lieutenant, Nov. 1, 1917; Wounded, 
Mesnieres, Dec. 2, 1917; Died of wounds, Dec. .S, 1917. 



Cyril Larner Reg. No. 426 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; Admitted to Hospital, Edinburgh, May 18, 
1915; Discharged to duty, Sept. IS, 1915; Recommended for discharge, 
medically unfit, Oct. 7, 1915; Embarked for Newfoundland, Oct. 15, 
1915; Discharged, St. John's, medically unfit, with effect, Oct. 15, 1915. 




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1915. 



Edward Joseph Lawlor Reg. No. 477 

1914; Struck off Strength, Newton-on-Ayr, Nov. 26, 




Thomas Joseph Lawlor Reg. No. 535 

Enlisted, Sept. 16, 1914; Lance Corporal, Nov. 12, 1915; Acting Cor- 
poral, Dec. 5, 1915; Acting Sergeant, Armourer 2nd Battalion, Feb. 3, 
1916; Confirmed to rank, April 27, 191S; Awarded Meritorious Service 
Medal, June 3, 1919; Demobilized in England, June 9, 1919. 



Frederick LeGrow Reg. No. 9 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915: British Expeditionary Force, Sept. 7, 1917; Wounded, 
Broembeek, Oct. 9, 1917; Returned to British Expeditionary Force, 
April 4, 1918; Demobilized, St. John's, Feb. 15, 1919. 



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Frederick Pratt LeGrow Reg. No. 404 

Enlisted, Sept. 14, 1914; Lance Corporal, July 20, 1915; British Medi- 
terranean Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, 
Dec. 3, 1915; Invalided to England, Dec. -24, 1915; Attached to Depot, 
Feb. 15, 1916; Sergeant, April 20, 1916; Acting Company Sergeant 
Major, Aug. 21, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, Oct. 3, 1916; Con- 
firmed to rank, Nov. 20, 1917; Wounded, "Marcoing, Nov. 20, 1917; 
Invalided to England, Nov. 28, 1917; Discharged from Hospital, July 
25, 1918; Embarked for Newfoundland, July 27, 1918; Discharged, St. 
John's, medically unfit, Sept. 2S, 1918; Reattached for special duty at 
Department of "Militia, Feb. 1, 1919; Staff Sergeant Major, Feb. 1, 
1919; Discharged, St. John's, July 2, 1919. 



Roy Bennett Leseman Reg. No. 220 

Enlisted, Sept. 3, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Oct. 12, 1915; Invalided to Eng- 
land, Oct. 27, 1915; Attached to Second Battalion, Jan. 3, 1916; Lance 
Corporal, Oct. 27, 1916; Acting Corporal, Nov. 16, 1916; Returned to 
Newfoundland, furlough, Jan. 27, 1918; Confirmed to rank, April 27, 
1918; Embarked for United Kingdom, Oct. 19, 191S; Demobilized, 
United Kingdom, March 7, 1919. 




Philip S. LeMessurier Reg. No. 62 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Wounded, Suvla, Nov. 23, 1915; Evacuated to England, 
Nov. 24, 1915; Lance Corporal, Feb. 3, 1916; Corporal, Aug. 11, 1916; 
Acting Sergeant, Nov. 16, 1916; Second Lieutenant, May 18, 1917; Re- 
turned to Newfoundland, furlough, July 21, 1918; Lieutenant, Nov. 
IS, 1918; Retired and placed on reserve of officers, June 17, 1919. 




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David Lewis Reg. No. 96 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Invalided to England, Dec. 25, 1915; British Expedi- 
tionary Force, Aug. 18, 1917; Embarked for Newfoundland, furlough, 
July 27, 1918; Demobilized, St. John's, Feb. 15, 1919. 







John Lewis Reg. No. 189 

Enlisted, Sept. 3, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, 
Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, July 4, 1916; 
Discharged, United Kingdom, medically unfit, Feb. 23, 1918. 



Harold Lidstone Reg. No. 163 

Enlisted, Sept. 3, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Evacu- 
ated to England, sick, Aug. 12, 1916; Lance Corporal, Jan. 17, 1917; 
Returned to British Expeditionary Force, April 25, 1917; Joined Bat- 
talion in Field, June 7, 1917; Corporal, Sept. 17, 1917; Awarded Mili- 
tary Medal, Sept. 17, 1917; Killed in action, Marcoing, Nov. 20, 1917. 



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Augustus Lilly Reg. No. 194 

Enlisted, Sept. 3, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Nov. 14, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Killed 
in action, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916. 



Frank Thomas Lind Reg. No. 541 

Enlisted, Sept. 16, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Dec. 8, 1915; Admitted to Hos- 
pital, Malta, Jan. IS, 1916; Discharged to duty, March 4, 1916; British 
Expeditionary Force, March 4, 1916; Rejoined Battalion, April 15, 
1916; Killed in action, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916. 



Samuel Thomas Lodge Reg. No. 165 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Killed in action, Suvla Bay, Oct. 1, 1915. 




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William John Long Reg. No. 48 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Returned to Newfoundland, furlough, Jan. 13, 1916; 
Acting Sergeant, May 9, 1916; Acting Company Sergeant Major, 
June 9, 1916; 2nd Lieutenant, Nov. 1, 1916; Returned to England and 
attached to Depot, Ayr, July 27, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, 
May 12, 1917; Wounded, Marcoing, Nov. 20, 1917; Lieutenant, May 
1, 19 IS ; Retired and placed on reserve of officers, July 29, 1919. 




James Newton Loveys Reg. No. 359 

Enlisted, Sept. 11, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Oct. 29, 1915; Invalided to 
England, Dec. 5, 1915; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Feb. 5, 1916; British 
Expeditionary Force, Jan. 31, 1917; Wounded, LesFosses Farm, April 
23, 1917; Invalided to England, May 1, 1917; Attached to Depot, 
Ayr, July 7, 1917; Appointed Masseur, July 7, 1917; Lance Corporal 
July 24, 1917; Embarked for Newfoundland, furlough, July 21, 1918; 
Discharged, St. John's, medically unfit, Dec. 19, 1918. 



George Lukins Reg. No. 544 

Enlisted, Sept. 16, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Killed 
in action, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916. 



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John Lukins Reg. No. 547 

Enlisted, Sept. 16, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Killed 
in action, Somme Raid, June 28, 1916. 



John Luff Reg. No. 350 

Enlisted, Sept. 17, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Lance Corporal, Oct. 6, 1915; Corporal, Dec. 10, 1915; 
Evacuated from Suvla and admitted to Hospital, Malta, Jan. 8, 1916; 
Rejoined Battalion, April 8, 1916; Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 
1916; Invalided to England, July 3, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, 
Nov. 22, 1916; Returned to Newfoundland, June 22, 1918; Discharged, 
St. John's, medically unfit, July 23, .1918. 



Isaiah McConnell Reg. No. 396 

Enlisted, Sept. 5, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Dec. 3, 1915; Admitted to 
Hospital, Mudros, Dec. 4, 1915; Rejoined Battalion, Suez, Jan. 16, 
1916; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Evacuated to 
Hospital, March 30, 1916; Invalided to England, April S, 1916; At- 
tached to Depot, Ayr, June 17, 1916; Lance Corporal, Jan. 26, 191S; 
Acting Corporal, April 27, 1918; Embarked for Newfoundland on 
furlough, July 21, 1918; Discharged, St. John's, medically unfit, Dec. 
20, 1918. 




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Patrick McDonald Reg. No. 230 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Expeditionary Force, Dec. 12, 1916; 
Wounded, Broembeek, Oct. 9, 1917; Invalided to England, Oct. 19, 
1917; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Nov. 28, 1917; Lance Corporal, Jan. 
11, 1918; Awarded Military Medal, Jan. 14, 1918; Acting Corporal, 
March 19, 1918; Returned to Newfoundland, furlough, July 21, 1918; 
Embarked for United Kingdom, Oct. 19, 1918; Demobilized, United 
Kingdom, March 6, 1919. 



John Patrick MacDonneli. Reg. No. 582 

Enlisted, Sept. 22, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Oct. 20, 1915; Admitted 17th 
General Hospital, Alexandria, Oct. 25, 1915; Died of Dysentery, 
Oct. 29, 1915. 




James McGrath Reg. No. 104 

Enlisted, Sept. 6, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated to England, Dec. 26, 1915; Returned to 
Newfoundland, furlough, July 10, 1917; Attached to Department of 
Militia, Nov. 1, 1917; Still on Strength. 



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Thomas Bernard McGrath Reg. No. 128 

Enlisted, Sept. 6, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Nov. 14, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, 
Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Evacuated to England, July 4, 1916; 
Returned to Newfoundland, furlough, Oct. 10, 1916; Lance Corporal, 
April 24, 1917; Acting Corporal, June 14, 1917; Embarked for United 
Kingdom, Aug. 4, 1917; Acting Sergeant, Sept. 9, 1917; Transferred 
to Forestry Company, Sept. 20, 1917; Second Lieutenant in Forestrv 
Company, Feb. 1, 191S; Retired, Feb. 25, 1919. 



Andrew Joseph McKay Reg. No. 572 

Enlisted, Sept. 17, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, 
Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Admitted 8th Stationary Hospital, 
Wimereux, July 3, 1916; Died of wounds, July 12, 1916. 



John J. Mackey Reg. No. 278 

Enlisted, Sept. 8, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force 
Sept. 20, 1915; Admitted Hospital, Mudros, Dec. 20, 1915; Rejoined 
Battalion, March 1, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 
1916; Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, 
July 4, 1916; Returned to British Expeditionary Force, March 25, 
1917; Admitted to Hospital, Rouen, April 16, 1917; Rejoined Bat- 
talion, June 11, 1917; Wounded, Steenbeke, Aug. 16, 1917; Invalided 
to England, Aug. 21, 1917; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Nov. 27, 1917; 
Repatriated to Newfoundland, Jan. 30, 1919; Demobilized, St. John's 
March 14, 1919. 




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Neil McLellan Reg. No. 50 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; Attached to Pay and Record Office, London, 
Feb. 5, 1915; Corporal, Sept. 4, 1915; Acting Staff Sergeant, June 10, 
1916; Reverts to ranks at own request to proceed on Active Service, 
August 12, 1916; Lance Corporal, Sept. 9, 1916; British Expeditionary- 
Force, Oct. 3, 1916; Corporal, Nov.- 1, 1917; Prisoner of War, Wounded, 
Captured at Mesnieres, Dec. 3, 1917; Repatriated to England via 
Copenhagen, Dec. 16, 1918; Demobilized, St. John's, Aug. 11, 1919. 



Ernest Frederick McLeod Reg. No. 24 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Invalided 
to England, Oct. S, 1917; Demobilized, March 13, 1919. 



Norman A. McLeod Reg. No. 158 

Enlisted, Sept. 5, 1914; Sergeant, Sept. 21, 1914; British Mediterranean 
Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 
Nov. 14, 1915; Wounded, Suvla, Dec. 1, 1915; Evacuated to England, 
April 7, 1916; Returned to Newfoundland, furlough, June 29, 1916; 
Returned to England, Sept. 30, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, 
April 23, 1917; Wounded, Marcoing, Nov. 20, 1917; Evacuated to 
England, Dec. S, 1917; 2nd Lieutenant, May 1, 1918; Lieutenant, 
May 1, 191S; Returned to Newfoundland, May 22, 1919; Retired and 
placed on Reserve of Officers, July 5, 1919. 



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Hector McNeil Reg. No. 31 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant, Sept. 21, 
1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; 
British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Acting Quartermaster, 
July 12, 1916; Hon. Lieutenant Quartermaster, Nov. 26, 1916; Captain 
Quartermaster, July 23, 1918; Embarked for Newfoundland, furlough, 
July 24, 1918; Returned to United Kingdom, Nov. 27, 1918; Returned 
to British Expeditionary Force, Dec. 8, 1918; Mentioned in Despatches, 
March 16, 1919; Awarded O. B. E., June 3, 1919; Still on Strength. 





Donald Fraser McNeill Reg. No. 411 

Enlisted, Sept. S, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Nov. 26, 1915; Invalided to 
England, Jan. 3, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Feb. 3, 1916; Wounded, 
Beaumont Hamel, Julv 1, 1916; Admitted 19th Casualty Clearing 
Station, July 2, 1916; Died of Wounds, July 6, 1916. 




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William Robert McNiven Reg. No. 279 

Enlisted, Sept. 7, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Oct. 2, 1915; Rejoined Battalion, 
Jan. 26, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Killed 
in action, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916. 




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Sylvester Madden Reg. No. 149 

Enlisted, Sept. 7, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated to England, Jan. 24, 1916; Returned to New- 
foundland, furlough, Sept. 8, 1916; Attached to Depot for duty, Jan. 
5, 1917; Demobilized, St. John's, Feb. 25, 1919. 



Henry Morton Maddick Reg. No. 140 

Enlisted, Sept. 4, 1914; Lance Corporal, June 19, 1915; British Mediter- 
ranean Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; Corporal, Nov. 15, 1915; 
Sergeant, Feb. 27, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 
1916; 2nd Lieutenant, June 11, 1916; Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, 
July 1, 1916; Evacuated to England, July 10, 1916; Repatriated to 
Newfoundland, Dec. 15, 1916; Retired, May 23, 1917; Placed on active 
list for duty at Department of Militia, Dec. 11, 1917; Lieutenant, 
Jan. 1, 1918; Captain, June 1, 1919. 



Michael Maddigan Reg. No. 47 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, 
Monchy, April 14, 1917; Invalided to England; Returned to B. E. F., 
Feb. 18, 1918; Transferred to England, "Permanent Base", March 8, 
1918; Discharged, medically unfit, Sept. 28, 1918. 



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Michael J. Maddigan Reg. No. 183 

Enlisted, Sept. 9, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Nov. 2, 1 9 1 5 ; Rejoined Battalion. 
Suez, March 1, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916 
Lance Corporal, July 12, 1916; Evacuated to Hospital, July 20, 1916 
Invalided to England, Aug. 10, 1916; Acting Corporal, Jan. 17, 1917 
Confirmed to rank, May 31, 1917; Returned to British Expeditionary 
Force, June 3, 1917; Wounded, Broembeek, Oct. 9, 1917; Invalided to 
England, Oct. 14, 1917; Acting Sergeant, Nov. 27, 1917; Returned to 
Newfoundland, furlough, July 21, 1918; Demobilized, St, John's, 
Feb. 25, 1919. 



Pierce Maher Reg. No. 591 

Enlisted, Sept. 17, 1914; British Expeditionary Force, March 13, 1916; 
Evacuated to Hospital, May 26, 1916; Invalided to England, June 4 
1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, July 3,1916; Struck off Strength, Newton" 
on-Ayr. Sept. 14, 1916. 



James Thomas Mahon Reg. No. 114 

Enlisted, Sept. 10, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded 
Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Evacuated to England, July 8, 1916; 
Repatriated to Newfoundland, Sept. 27, 1916; Discharged, St. John's, 
medically unfit, Aug. 7, 1917. 



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Allan W. Mallam Reg. No. 413 

Enlisted, Sept. 7, 1914; Struck off Strength, Newton-on-Avr, Oct. 15 
1915. 




Joseph Francis Maloney Reg. No. 385 

Enlisted, Sept. 7, 1914; Lance Corporal, Nov. 4, 1915; British Mediter- 
ranean Expeditionary Force, Nov. 14, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, 
Jan. 4, 1916; Invalided to England, Jan. 24, 1916; Attached to Depot, 
Ayr, March 4, 1916; Repatriated to Newfoundland, May 18, ,1917; 
Discharged, St. John's, medically unfit, June 20, 1917. 



x\ugustus Joseph Manning Reg. No. 177 

Enlisted, Sept. 3, 1914; Lance Corporal, Sept. 21, 1914; Corporal, 
April 23, 1915; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 
1915; Sergeant, Sept. 26, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Nov. 1, 1915; 
Rejoined Battalion, Suez, Jan. 26, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, 
March 14, 1916; Killed in action, Somme, June 1, 1916. 



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Peter Mansfield Reg. No. 85 

Enlisted, Sept. 7, 1914; Embarked for United Kingdom, Oct. 24, 1914; 
Lance Corporal, Dec. 5, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 
28, 1916; Invalided to England, Oct. 12, 1916; Acting Corporal, Jan. 
17, 1917; Embarked for Newfoundland, June 6, 1917; Discharged, 
St. John's, medically unfit, March 26, 1918. 



William Manston Reg. No. 327 

Enlisted, Sept. S, 1914; Lance Corporal, Sept. 26, 1914; Corporal, 
April 23, 1915; Sergeant, July 10, 1915; British Mediterranean Expedi- 
tionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Dec. 6, 1915; 
Invalided to England, Dec. 26, 1915; Repatriated to Newfoundland, 
March 23, 1916; Attached to Depot, April 10, 1916; Discharged, St. 
John's, medically unfit, Sept. 12, 1916. 



Willis Manuel Reg. No. 272 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; Lance Corporal, Nov. 4, 1915; British Mediter- 
ranean Expeditionary Force, Nov. 14, 1915; Admitted Hospital, 
Suez, Feb. 26, 1916; Discharged to Base Depot, Alexandria, March 31, 
1916; Rejoined Battalion, France, May 9, 1916; Wounded, Beaumont 
Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, July 4, 1916; Repatriated 
to Newfoundland, SeDt. 13, 1917; Discharged, St. John's, medically 
unfit, Feb. 16, 1918.- 




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Charles Llewellyn March Reg. No. 86 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Lance 
Corporal, July 12, 1916; Corporal, Sept, 14, 1916; Prisoner of War, 
captured at Monchy, April 14, 1917; Repatriated to England, Dec. 
26, 1918; Demobilized, St. John's, April 8, 1919. 



Alfred Marrs Reg. No. 105 

Enlisted, Sept. 8, 1914; Lance Corporal, Nov. 13, 1914; Corporal, 
June 14, 1915; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 
1915; Wounded, Suvla, Oct. 8, 1915; Evacuated to England, Nov. 5, 
1915; Repatriated to Newfoundland, July 20, 1916; Discharged, St. 
John's, medically unfit, Sept. 12, 1916. 



Frederick Walter Marshall Reg. No. 608 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; Sergeant, Oct. 2, 1914; Embarked for United 
Kingdom, Nov. 2, 1914; Attached for duty to Pay and Record Office, 
London, Nov. 2, 1914; Staff Sergeant Major, Sept. 11, 1915; Hon. 
2nd Lieutenant, April IS, 1916; Lieutenant, Jan. 2, 1917; Temporary 
Captain, Oct. 23, 1917; Appointed Assistant Chief Paymaster, London, 
March 26, 1919; Awarded M. B. E., June 3, 1919. 



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Charles P. Martin Reg. No. 192 

Enlisted, Sept. 3, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Wounded, Suvla, Nov. 1, 1915; Discharged to duty, 
Dec. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March IS, 1916; Rejoined 
Battalion, April 15, 1916; Lance Corporal, Aug. 8, 1916; Corporal, 
Nov. 23, 1916; Prisoner of War, captured at Monchy, April 14, 1917; 
Repatriated to England, Dec. 31, 1918; Returned to Newfoundland, 
March 12, 1919; Demobilized, St. John's, April 21, 1919; Reattested 
for duty, Depot, May 27, 1919; Demobilized Aug. 30, 1919. 



Eric S. Martin Reg. No. 616 

Enlisted, Oct. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Wounded, Suvla, Oct. 17, 1915; Admitted Hospital, 
Cairo, Oct. 24, 1915; Rejoined Battalion, Suez, March 1, 1916; British 
Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Killed in action, Beaumont 
Hamel, July 1, 1916. 



Robert Berkley Martin Reg. No. 499 

Enlisted, Sept. 19, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, sick, Oct. 5, 1915; Admitted Hospital, 
Alexandria, Oct. 10, 1915; Invalided to England, Dec. 6, 1 9 1 5 ; Attached 
to Depot, Ayr, Feb. 2, 1916; Lance Corporal, March 30, 1916; Acting 
Corporal, Jan. 17, 1917; British Expeditionary Force, Feb. 8, 1918; 
Rejoined Battalion, Feb. 20, 19 IS; Evacuated to Hospital, Feb. 26, 
1918; Rejoined Battalion, May 4, 1918; Embarked for Newfoundland, 
furlough, July 27, 1918; Demobilized, Feb. 15, 1919. 




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Ronald Martin Reg. No. 75 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Invalided to England, Jan. 2, 1916; Attached for duty 
to Pay and Record Office, London, June 16, 1916; Acting Corporal, 
Dec. 23, 1916; Acting Sergeant, Nov. 24, 1917; Acting Staff Sergeant, 
Dec. 21, 1918. 



Harold Walter Matthews Reg. No. 358 

Enlisted, Sept. 5, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Dec. 1, 1915; Invalided to 
England, Dec. 26, 1915; Embarked for Newfoundland, Sept, 5, 1916; 
Discharged, St. John's, medically unfit, Feb. 3, 1917. 




Thomas Mouland Reg. No. 488 

Enlisted, Sept. 11, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Wounded, Cape Helles, Jan. 7, 1916; Admitted Hospital, 
Malta, Jan. 13, 1916; Invalided to England, May 12, 1916; Admitted 
St. Dunstan's Hospital for the Blind, Aug. 19, 1916; Discharged, United 
Kingdom, medically unfit, June 15, 1917. 



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William May Reg. No. 351 

Enlisted, Sept. 4, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Nov. 11, 1915; Discharged from 
duty, Feb. II, 1916; Readmitted to Hospital, Feb. 17, 1916; Invalided to 
England, April 23, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Aug. 3, 1916; British 
Expeditionary Force, Aug. 5, 1917; Admitted Hospital, Dec. 23, 1917; 
Rejoined Battalion, April 2, 1918; Admitted Hospital, May 2, 1918; 
Invalided to England, May 15, 1918; Discharged for duty, July 11, 
1918; Embarked for Newfoundland, furlough, July 21, 1918; De- 
mobilized, St. John's, Feb. 15, 1919. 




Constantine Mayer Reg. No. 175 

Enlisted, Sept.' 3, 1914; Struck off Strength, Newton-on-Ayr, Oct. 15 
1915, time expired. 



Allan Moyes Reg. No. 546 

Enlisted, Sept. 16, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Admitted Hospital, Alexandria, Oct. 27, 1915; Rejoined 
Battalion, Suez, Jan. 31, 1916; Admitted Hospital, Suez, Feb. 27, 
1916; Rejoined Battalion, March 4, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, 
March 14, 1916; Killed in action, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916. 



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Frederick Courtney Mellor Reg. No. 91 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; 2nd Lieutenant, April 22, 1915; Lieutenant, 
Oct. 16, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 23, 1916; Killed in 
action, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916. 



Albert Mercer Reg. No. 264 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force' 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Oct. 11, 1915; Rejoined Battalion, 
Suez, Jan. 31, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; 
Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, 
July 4, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Aug. 11, 1916; British Expedi- 
tionary Force, Feb. 10, 1917; Rejoined Battalion in field, June 19, 1917; 
Wounded, Steenbeke, Aug. 16, 1917; Invalided to England, Aug. 25, 
1917; Repatriated to Newfoundland, Feb. 23, 1918; Discharged, St 
John's, medically unfit, April 10, 1918. 




Frederick Mercer Reg. No. 159 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; Corporal, Sept. 21, 1914; Sergeant, Aug. 14, 
1915; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; 
British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, Beaumont 
Hamel, July 1, 1916; Evacuated to England, July 5, 1916; Returned to 
Newfoundland, furlough, Oct. 28, 1916; Returned to England, Jan. 21, 
1917; Returned to British Expeditionary Force, July 25, 1918; Wounded, 
Ledgeham, Oct. 14, 1918; Company Sergeant Major, Dec. 4, 1918; 
Mentioned in Despatches of Sir Douglas Haig, March 16, 1919; Trans- 
ferred to England, April 23, 1919; Returned to Newfoundland, May 22, 
1919; Demobilized, St. John's, June 29, 1919. 



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Albert Edward Metcalfe Reg. No. 256 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Oct. 21, 1915; Rejoined Bat- 
talion, Suez, March 7, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 
1916; Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, 
July 3, 1916; Repatriated to Newfoundland, Oct. 28, 1916; Discharged, 
St. John's, medically unfit, April 4, 1917. 




James Mifflin Reg. No. 419 

Enlisted, Sept. 3, 1914; Lance Corporal, June 14, 1915; British Mediter- 
ranean Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, 
Oct. 17, 1915; Invalided to England, Nov. 1, 1915; Corporal, April 20, 
1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, April 28, 1916; Acting Sergeant, Aug. 
11, 1916; 2nd Lieutenant, Nov. 1, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, 
April 23, 1917; Lieutenant, March 18, 1918; Wounded, Haslar Camp, 
Belgium, March 27, 1918; Awarded Military Cross, March 29, 1918; 
Invalided to England, April 3, 1918; Discharged from Hospital, June 22, 
1918; Embarked for Newfoundland, furlough, July 21, 1918; Returned 
to United Kingdom, Oct. 19, 1918; Returned to British Expeditionary 
Force, Nov. 19, 1918; Rejoined Battalion, Nov. 26, 1918; Embarked 
for Newfoundland, May 22, 1919; Retired and placed on Reserve of 
Officers, June 20, 1919. 



Victor William Miles Reg. No. 214 

Enlisted, Sept. 8, 1914; Sergeant, Sept. 21, 1914; Company Quarter- 
master Sergeant, May 6, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Oct. 11, 1915; 
Rejoined Battalion, Suez, Jan. 26, 1916; Acting Company Sergeant 
Major, May 29, 1916; Confirmed to rank, June 11, 1916; Killed in 
action, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916. 



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Benjamin Miller Reg. No. 300 

Enlisted, Sept. 8, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20. 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Dec. 2, 1915; Invalided to Eng- 
land, Jan. 12, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, March 13, 1916; British 
Expeditionary Force, March 28, 1916; Rejoined Battalion, April 15, 
1916; Lance Corporal, Aug. 11, 1916; Wounded, Gueudecourt, Oct. 12, 
1916; Invalided to England, Oct. 22, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, 
Jan. 19, 1917; Returned to British Expeditionary Force, April 25, 1917; 
Rejoined Battalion, June 7, 1917; Corporal, June 14, 1917; Killed in 
action, Broembeek, Oct. 9, 1917. 




George Miller Reg. No. 587 

Enlisted, Sept. 24, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Nov. 14, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Killed in 
action, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916. 



William Miller Reg. No. 107 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Forcei 
Aug. 20, 1915; Wounded, Suvla, Oct. 17, 1915; Died of Wounds and 
buried at sea, Hospital Ship "Galeka," Oct. IS, .1915. 



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Joseph Milley Reg. No. 85 

Enlisted, Sept. 7, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated to England, Jan. 3, 1916; Returned to New- 
foundland, Jan. 26, 1917; Demobilized, St. John's, April 5, 1919. 



James William Moore Reg. No. 529 

Enlisted, Sept. 15, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Wounded, Suvla, Nov. 29, 1915; Admitted Hospital, 
Malta, Dec. 7, 1915; Joined Base Depot, Alexandria, March 9, 1916; 
British Expeditionary Force, March 18, 1916; Rejoined Battalion, 
April 15, 1916: Wounded, Gueudecourt, Oct. 12, 1916; Invalided to 
England, Oct. 20, 1916; Repatriated to Newfoundland, May 30, 
1918; Discharged, St. John's, medically unfit, July 9, 1918. 



Harrison Moores Reg. No. 218 

Enlisted, Sept. 7, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, 
Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, July 4, 1916; 
Attached Depot, Second Battalion, Aug. 25, 1916; Returned to New- 
foundland, furlough, July 27, 1918; Demobilized, St. John's, March 
19, 1919. 



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John Edgar Morris Reg. No. 120 

Enlisted, Sept. 8, 1914; Struck off Strength, Newton-on-Ayr, Oct. 15, 
1915, time expired. 



Kenneth Morris Reg. No. 412 

Enlisted, Sept. 8, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Nov. 26, 1915; Invalided to 
England, Jan. 3, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, March 7, 1916; British 
Expeditionary Force, March 28, 1916; Rejoined Battalion, April 15, 
1916; Killed in action, Beaumont Hamel, Jul)' 1, 1916. 



Michael William Morrissey Reg. No. 427 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Nov. 14, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Evacuated 
to Hospital, April 5, 1916; Invalided to England, April 8, 1916; Attached 
to Depot, Ayr, May 19, 1916; Repatriated to Newfoundland, Sept. 8, 
1916; Discharged, St. John's, medically unfit, Feb. 1, 1918. 




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Thomas Patrick Morrissey Reg. No. 211 

Enlisted,' Sept. 3, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Corporal, Feb. 27, 1916; Accidentally wounded, March 15, 
1916; Invalided to England, April 24, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, 
July 20, 1916; Acting Sergeant, Sept. 12, 1916; Confirmed to rank, 
April 27, 1918; Returned to Newfoundland for duty, May 13, 1918; 
Embarked for United Kingdom,- Aug. 8, 1918; Returned to New- 
foundland, Jan. 30, 1919; Demobilized, St. John's, April 28, 1919. 




Edgar Page Motty Reg. No. 446 

Enlisted, Sept. S, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Dec. 7, 1915; Rejoined Battalion, 
S^ez, Jan. 16, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; 
Wounded, Monchy, April 14, 1917; Invalided to England, April 19, 
1917; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Aug. 17, 1917; Returned to British 
Expeditionary Force, Feb. 18, 1918; Embarked for Newfoundland, 
furlough, July 27, 1918; Discharged, St. John's, medically unfit, Dec. 
7, 191S. 



Abraham Thomas Mullett Reg. No. 437 

Enlisted, Sept. 8, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Evacuated 
to Hospital, Feb. 7, 1917; Rejoined Battalion, May 7, 1917; Embarked 
for Newfoundland, furlough, Julv 27, 1918; Discharged, St. John's, 
medically unfit, Feb. 15, 1919. 



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Frank Mullcns Reg. No. 525 

Enlisted, Sept. 16, 1914; Struck off Strength, Newton-on-Ayr, Oct. 15- 
1915, time expired. 



Bernard Murphy Reg. No. 530 

Enlisted, Sept. 16, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Nov. 4, 1915; Admitted Hospital, 
Malta, Nov. 10, 1915; Invalided to England, Feb. 12, 1916; Admitted 
3rd London General Hospital, Wandsworth, Feb. 25, 1916; British 
Expeditionary Force, June 3, 1917; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Nov. 
23, 1916; Rejoined Battalion, May 19, 1918; Embarked for New- 
foundland, furlough, July 27, 191S; Demobilized, St. John's, April 1, 
1919. 



Edward Joseph Murphy Reg. No. 112 

Enlisted, Sept. 4, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated to England, Nov. 16, 1915; British Expedi- 
tionary Force, March 2S, 1916; Killed in action, Beaumont Hamel, 
July 1, 1916. 




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James Edward Murphy Reg. No. 401 

Enlisted, Sept. 8, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, 
Somme, June 28, 1916; Invalided to England, July 2, 1916; Reported 
at Depot, Jan. 11, 1918; Admitted 3rd London General Hospital, 
Wandsworth, Jan. 26, 1918; Discharged from Hospital, May 17, 1918; 
Repatriated to Newfoundland. May 30, 1918; Discharged, St. John's, 
medically unfit, Aug. 27, 1918. 



Lawrence Murphy Reg. No. 196 

Enlisted, Sept. 7, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Killed in 
action, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916. 



Michael James Murphy Reg. No. 70 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; Corporal, Sept. 21, 1914; Sergeant, April 23, 
1915; Transferred to Royal Army Medical Corps for duty with Gas 
Services of the Royal Army Clothing Department, Maj r , 1915; British 
Expeditionary Force as technical Superintendant of Gas Helmet 
Factories, June 15, 1915; Seconded to Gas Service of Royal Engineers, 
Sept. 1915; 2nd Lieutenant, April IS 1916; To Calais to Inspect and 
Report on used Gas Respirators, Dec. 1916; Officer in charge of Anti- 
gas school, Abbeville, and Assistant to Chemical Advisor, Jan. 1917; 
Anti-gas Research Department, Ministry of Munitions, London, 
March 1918; Demobilized, United Kingdom, Jan. 17, 1919; Returned 
to Newfoundland, Feb. 1919. 



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Walter L. Murphy Reg. No. 407 

Enlisted, Sept. S, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Admitted, 1st Stationary Hospital, Mudros, Sept. 27, 
1915; Died of dysentery, Sept. 29, 1915. 




Alfred Seymour Murray Reg. No. 39 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Dec. 1, 1915; Discharged to Base 
Depot, Alexandria, March 3, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, 
March 18, 1916; Admitted to Hospital, Rouen, April 4, 1916; Trans- 
ferred to England, April 11, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, May 2, 
1916; Lance Corporal, Jan. 29, 1917; Corporal, April 27, 1 9 1 S ; Embarked 
for Newfoundland, furlough, July 21, 1918; Demobilized, St. John's, 
Feb. 15, 1919. 



Matthew Joseph Myler Reg. No. 548 

Enlisted, Sept. 16, 1914; Struck off Strength, Newton-on-Ayr, Oct. 15, 
1915, time expired. 



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John Myrick Reg. No. 99 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated to Hospital, Dec. 1, 1915; Died 3rd Canadian 
Stationary Hospital, Mudros, Dec. 10, 1915. 




Edward George Nauftall 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated to England, Dec. 2, 1915; Returned to New- 
foundland, furlough, Aug. 3, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, Sept. 
7, 1917; Evacuated to Hospital, Sept. 26, 1918; Died 3rd Australian 
Casualty Clearing Station, Sept. 29, 191S. 




Zilliam John Neville Reg. No. 376 

Enlisted, Sept. S, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, 
Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, July 4, 1916; 
Attached to Depot, Ayr, Aug. 8, 1916; Returned to British Expedi- 
tionary Force, Nov. 30, 1916; Rejoined Battalion, Dec. 12, 1916; 
Killed in action, Monchy, April 14, 1917. 



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William Thomas Newell Reg. No. 520 

Enlisted, Sept. 15, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Served with First Composite Battalion on Western 
Egyptian Frontier, Dec. 1915 to Feb. 1916; British Expeditionary 
Force, March 2, 1916; Embarked for Newfoundland, furlough, July 27, 
1918; Demobilized, St. John's, March 17, 1919. 



Albert Stanley Newman Reg. No. 36 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; Lance Corporal, Sept. 21, 1914; Corporal, 
Oct. 3, 1914; Sergeant, April 21, 1915; British Mediterranean Expedi- 
tionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; Admitted to Hospital, Malta, Dec. 2, 
1915; Invalided to England, March 26, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, 
June 25, 1916; Returned to Newfoundland, furlough, July 3, 1916; 
Attached to Depot, Ayr, April 30, 1917; 2nd Lieutenant, May 18, 1917; 
British Expeditionary Force, Dec. 17, 1917; Wounded, Kieberg Ridge, 
Oct. 25, 1918; Invalided to England, Nov. 10, 1918; Lieutenant, Nov. 18, 
1918; Rejoined Battalion in Field, Dec. 19, 1918; Acting Captain, 
Feb. 12, 1919; Transferred to United Kingdom, April 23, 1919; Em- 
barked for Newfoundland, May 20, 1919; Retired, June 6, 1919. 



Archibald M. Newman Reg. No. 487 

Enlisted, Sept. 11, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionarv Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Wounded, Suvla, Nov. 1, 1915; Admitted Hospital, 
Cairo, Nov. 5, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, April 3, 1916; 
Rejoined Battalion, April S, 1916; Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 
1916; Died of wounds, 29th Casualty Clearing Station, July 3, 1916. 




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John E. B. Nichol Reg. No. 129 

Enlisted, Sept. 9, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, April 26, 1916; Wounded, 
Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Lance Corporal, Sept. 17, 1917; 
Wounded, Marcoing, Nov. 20, 1917; Evacuated to England, Dec. 5, 
1917; Awarded Military Medal, Jan. 14, 1918; Repatriated to New- 
foundland, July 21, 191S; Discharged, St. John's, medically unfit, 
Aug. 22, 1918. 



John Nicholle Reg. No. 435 

Enlisted, Sept. 7, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Dec. 2, 1915; Invalided to 
England, Jan. 17, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, June 17, 1916; British 
Expeditionary Force, Sept. 14, 1917; Wounded, Marcoing, Nov. 20, 
1917; Joined Base Depot, Rouen, Nov. 29, 1917; Rejoined Battalion, 
Dec. 11, 1917; Embarked for Newfoundland, furlough, July 27, 1918; 
Demobilized, St. John's, Feb. 15, 1919. 



John Francis Nicol Reg. No. 336 

Enlisted, Sept. 5, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Oct. 13, 1915; Invalided to 
England, Dec. 4, 1915; Attached to Depot, Ayr, March 14, 1916; 
British Expeditionary Force, March 28, 1916; Rejoined Battalion, 
in the field, April 15, 1916; Embarked for Newfoundland, furlough 
July 27, 1918; Demobilized, St. John's, March 28, 1919. 



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Llewellyn Norman Reg. No. 425 

Enlisted, Sept. 3, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla Nov. 30, 1 9 1 5 ; Admitted Hospital, 
Malta, Dec. 3, 1915; Rejoined Battalion, Suez, Jan. 31, 1916; British 
Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Evacuated to Hospital, May 7, 
1916; Rejoined Battalion, July 12, 1916; Evacuated to Hospital, Oct. 
1, 1916; Invalided to England, Nov. 2, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, 
Jan. 17, 1917; Appointed Masseur, June 24, 1917; Embarked for New- 
foundland, furlough July 21, 1918; Attached to Department of Militia 
for dutv, Nov. 27, 1918; Corporal, April 1, 1919; Demobilized, St. 
John's, Aug. 1, 1919. 



William Leonard Norris Reg. No. 101 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Oct. 14, 1915; Invalided to 
England, Nov. 28, 1915; Attached to Depot, Ayr, May 9, 1916; British 
Expeditionary Force, March 1, 1917; Reattached to Depot, Ayr, 
April IS, 1917; Returned to British Expeditionary Force, July 1, 1918; 
Returned to Newfoundland, furlough, Julv 27, 1918; Demobilized, 
St. John's, Jan. 24, 1919. 



Frederick Thomas Noseworthy Reg. No. 527 

Enlisted, Sept. 16, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force. 
Aug. 20, 1915; Served with 1st Composite Battalion, W. E. F., Dec, 
1915 to Feb. 1916; Evacuated to Hospital, Dec. 19, 1915; Discharged 
to duty, Jan. 20, 1916; Rejoined Battalion, Suez, Feb. 22, 1916; British 
Expeditionary Force, March 2, 1916; Evacuated to Hospital, May 20, 
1917; Rejoined Battalion, July 2, 1917; Wounded, Marcoing, Nov. 20, 
1917; Invalided to England, Nov. 26, 1917; Attached Depot, Winchester, 
Jan. 27, 1918; Embarked for Newfoundland, furlough, July 21, 1918: 
Discharged, St. John's, medically unfit, Dec. 5, 1918. 




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Herman Noseworthy Reg. No. 354 

Enlisted, Sept. 5, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Oct. 24, 1915; Rejoined Bat- 
talion, Suez, Jan. 31, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 
1915; Killed in action, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916. 



Vincent Noseworthy Reg. No. 201 

Enlisted, Sept. 3, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Gallipoli, Oct. 23, 1915; Invalided to 
England, Nov. 8, 1915; Repatriated to Newfoundland, Dec. 23, 1916; 
Discharged, St. John's, medically unfit, Jan. 24, 1917. 




William Noseworthy Reg. No. 206 

Enlisted, Sept. 3, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated to England, Dec. S, 1915; British Expedi- 
tionary Force, March 2, 1916; Discharged from Hospital for duty, 
May 12, 1916; Evacuated to England, June 8, 1916: Returned to British 
Expeditionary Force, March 25, 1917; Rejoined Battalion in field, 
June 14, 1917; Lance Corporal, Sept. 17, 1917; Killed in action, 
Broembeek, Oct. 9, 1917. 



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Michael Joseph Nugent Reg. No. 428 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; Lance Corporal, Nov. 13, 1914; Corporal, 
April 21, 1915; Sergeant, July 10, 1915; British Mediterranean Expedi- 
tionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Dec. 23, 1915; 
Discharged to Base, Alexandria, Jan. 3, 1916; Admitted Hospital, Cairo, 
Feb. 10, 1916; Discharged to Base, Alexandria, June 10, 1916; British 
Expeditionary Force, June 26, 1916; Classified "Permanent Base" 
at Base Depot, Rouen, July 17, 1916; Transferred to England, July 24, 
1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Aug. 6, 1916; Embarked for New- 
foundland, Aug. 23, 1916; 2nd Lieutenant, Oct. 9, 1917; Embarked for 
United Kingdom, Dec. 31, 1917; Returned to British Expeditionary 
Force, Nov. 19, 1918; Rejoined Battalion, Nov. 27, 1918; Lieutenant, 
April 9, 1919; Embarked for Newfoundland, May 22, 1919; Retired, 
June 17, 1919. 



Bertram William Oake Reg. No. 539 

Enlisted, Sept. 16, 1914; Struck off Strength, Newton-on-Ayr, Oct. 15, 
1915, time expired. 



John Joseph Oakley Reg. No. 392 

Enlisted, Sept. 7, 1914; Lance Corporal, Sept. 21, 1914; Corporal, 
April 23, 1915; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 
1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Nov. 20, 1915; Invalided to England, 
Jan. 3, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Feb. 24, 1916; Sergeant, Feb. 
24, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, March 1, 1917; Rejoined Depot, 
Ayr, April 18, 1917; Returned to British Expeditionary Force, July 
1, 1918; Attached to Depot, Winchester, Oct. 11, 1918; Embarked for 
Newfoundland, Jan. 30, 1919; Demobilized, St. John's, March 6, 
1919. 




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John Eugene O'Dea Reg. No. 455 

Enlisted, Sept. 8, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Dec. 5, 1915; Invalided to 
England, Dec. 14, 1915; Attached to Depot, Ayr, March 6, 1916; 
Demobilized, United Kingdom, March 5, 1919. 



Leo Patrick O'Dea Reg. No. 186 

Enlisted, Sept. 4, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, 
Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, July 4, 1916; 
Returned to British Expeditionary Force, March 25, 1917; Lance 
Corporal, April 16, 1 9 1 7 ; Wounded, Mesnieres, Nov. 30, 1917; Invalided 
to England, Dec. 7, 1917; Acting Corporal, March 6, 1918; Acting 
Sergeant, May 29, 1918; Returned to Newfoundland, furlough, July 
21, 1918; Demobilized, St. John's, Feb. 15, 1919. 



Albert O'Driscoll Reg. No. 551 

Enlisted, Sept. 16, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Oct. 16, 1915; Invalided to 
England, Nov. 19, 1915; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Feb. 2, 1916; British 
Expeditionary Force, March 28, 19l6; Killed in action, Beaumont 
Hamel, July 1, 1916. 




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Charles Cunningham Oke Reg. No. 60 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; Corporal, Sept. 21, 1914; Sergeant, Oct. 3, 
1914; Company Quartermaster Sergeant, July 10, 1915; British Mediter- 
ranean Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; Repatriated to New- 
foundland for discharge, July 20, 1916; Discharged, medically unfit, 
Jan. 31, 1917; Reattested for special duty at Department of Militia, 
Nov. 1, 1917; Acting Staff Sergeant Major, Nov. 1, 1917; Hon. 2nd 
Lieutenant, Sept. 1, 19 IS; Retired and placed on Reserve of Officers, 
Dec. 31, 1918. 



Harris B. Oke Reg. No. 565 

Enlisted, Sept. 16, 1914; Struck off Strength, on transfer to Commis- 
sioned Rank of Royal Scots, Nov. 10, 1915. 



Patrick Joseph O'Keefe Reg. No. 479 

Enlisted, Sept. 9, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Oct. 14, 1915; Invalided to 
England, Dec. 26, 1915; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Feb. 24, 1916; Em- 
barked for Newfoundland, Sept. 8, 1916; Discharged, St. John's, 
medically unfit, July 31, 1917. 



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William Joseph O'Keefe Reg. No. 521 

Enlisted, Sept. 15, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Killed in 
action, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916. 



James Joseph O'Leary Reg. No. 391 

Enlisted, Sept. 7, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Dec. 4, 1915; Invalided to 
England, Dec. 26, 1915; Discharged from Hospital, Jan. 13, 1916 
British Expeditionary Force, March 28, 1916; Rejoined Battalion, 
April 15, 1916; Killed in action, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916. 



Joseph Olsen Reg. No. 313 

Enlisted, Sept. 8 ; 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Evacuated 
to Hospital, Feb. 8, 1917; Rejoined Battalion, March 31, 1917; Killed in 
action, Monchy, April 14, 1917. 




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Frederick Michael O'Neil Reg. No. 402 



Enlisted, Sept. 8, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Admitted 
Hospital, Marseilles, March 22, 1916; Discharged from Hospital, 
April 6, 1916; Wounded, Somme Raid, June 28, 1916; Invalided to 
England, July 1, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Aug. 15, 1916; Em- 
barked for Newfoundland, Sept. 27, 1916; Discharged, St. John's, 
medically unfit, Jan. 31, 1917; Mentioned in despatches, April 9, 1917. 



Martin Patrick O'Neil Reg. No. 468 

Enlisted, Sept. 9, 1914; Struck off Strength, Newton-on-Ayr, Oct. 15, 
1915, time expired. 



Douglas McNeil Osmond Reg. No. 306 

Enlisted, Sept. 4, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Oct. 10, 1915; Invalided to 
England, Nov. 22, 1915; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Jan. 19, 1916; Lance 
Corporal, Feb. 3, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, March 13, 1916; 
Rejoined Battalion, April 8, 1916; Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 
1916; Died of Wounds, 29th Casualty Clearing Station, July 8, 1916. 




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Frank O'Toole Reg. No. 365 

Enlisted, Sept. 8, 1914; Lance Corporal, April 17, 1915; Corporal, 
July 27, 1915; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 
1915; Sergeant, Nov. 14, 1915; Wounded, Suvla, Nov. 14, 1915; In- 
valided to England, Dec. 31, 1915; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Feb. 1, 
1916; 2nd Lieutenant, Nov. 1, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, 
May 4, 1917; Wounded, Broembeek, Oct. 9, 1917; Died of Wounds 
at 4th Casualty Clearing Station, Oct. 12, 1917. 



Alexander Edward Parsons Reg. No. 585 

Enlisted, Sept. 22, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Oct. 29, 1915; Admitted 6th 
Stationary Hospital, Mudros, Oct. 31, 1915; Discharged to duty, Nov. 
26, 1915; Lance Corporal, Feb. 27, 1916; Rejoined Battalion, March 1, 
1916; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Evacuated to 
Hospital, April 28, 1916; Invalided to England, May 9, 1916; Repa- 
triated. to Newfoundland, June 22, 1916; Discharged, St. John's, 
medically unfit, March 20, 1917. 



William John Parsons Reg. No. 438 

Enlisted, Sept. 8, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated to Hospital, Suez, Feb. 21, 1916; Discharged 
to duty, March 4, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; 
Wounded, Steenbeke, Aug. 14, 1917; Invalided to England, Aug. 18, 
1917; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Nov. 10, 1917; Transferred to Foresters, 
Jan. 4, 1918; Sergeant, Dec. 21, 1918; Reattached to Second Battalion, 
May 29, 1919; Embarked for Newfoundland, June 24, 1919; Demobi- 
lized, St. John's, Aug. 22, 1919. 





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Neil Patrick Reg. No. 5 1 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; Lance Corporal, June 14, 1915; British Medi- 
terranean Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; Corporal, Feb. 27, 1916; 
British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, Beaumont 
Hamel, July 1, 1916; Acting Sergeant, Sept. 2, 1916; Acting Company 
Sergeant Major, Nov. 30, 1916; Rank confirmed, Nov. 30, 1916; 
Returned to British Expeditionary Force,. Aug. 5, 1917; Wounded, 
Marcoing, Nov. 20, 1917; Returned to Newfoundland on duty, May 13, 
1918; Demobilized, St. John's, March 1, 1919. 



Reginald Grant Patterson Reg. No. 504 

Enlisted, Sept. 7, 1914; Lance Corporal, Jan. 30, 1915; 2nd Lieutenant, 
April 22, 1915; Lieutenant, Oct. 16, 1915; British Mediterranean 
Expeditionary Force, Nov. 14, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, 
March 14, 1916; Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided 
to England, July 4, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Aug. 10, 1916; 
Returned to British Expeditionary Force, Awarded Military Cross, 
Sept. 26, 1917, Awarded Bar to Military Cross, Nov. 20, 1917; Wounded 
Ledgeham, Oct. 14, 1 9 1 8 ; Invalided to England, Oct. 18, 1918; Attached 
to Depot, Winchester, Feb. 14, 1919; Embarked for Newfoundland, 
Feb. 15, 1919; Retired, St. John's, March 18, 1919. 



George Paver Reg. No. 534 

Enlisted, tept. 4, 1914; Regimental Sergeant Major, Sept. 21, 1914; 
British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; Admitted 
5th Canadian Stationary Hospital, Cairo, Sept. 12, 1915; Discharged 
from Hospital, Oct. 17, 1915; Rejoined Battalion, Suez, Jan. 31, 1916; 
British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Evacuated to Hospital, 
April 1, 1916; Classified "P. B." at Base Depot, Rouen, April 4, 1916; 
Transferred to England, April 27, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, June 
14, 1916; Embarked for Newfoundland, July 20, 1916; Discharged, 
St. John's, medically unfit, Dec. 11, 1916. 



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Chesley Morton Peet Reg. No. 235 

Enlisted, Sept. 4, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Dec. 6, 1915; Invalided to 
England, Jan. 13, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Feb. 28, 1916; British 
Expeditionary Force, March 1, 1917; Returned to England, April IS, 
1917; Returned to British Expeditionary Force, July 1, 191S; Embarked 
for Newfoundland, furlough, July 27, 1918; Discharged, St. John's, 
medically unfit, Dec. 7, 1918. 







Arthur Nicholas Penney Reg. No. 229 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, 
Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, July 3, 1916; 
Attached Second Battalion, Sept. 16, 1916; Acting Sergeant, Feb. 27, 
1916; Confirmed to Rank, Jan. 11, 1918; Returned to Newfoundland, 
furlough, July 21, 1918; Demobilized, St. John's, April 14, 1919. 



Robert Penney Reg. No. 559 

Enlisted, Sept. 16, 1914; British Expeditionary Force, July 16, 1916; 
Evacuated to Hospital, Oct. 21, 1916; Invalided to England, Nov. 7, 
1916; Repatriated to Newfoundland, May 4, 1917; Discharged, St. 
John's, medically unfit, June 6, 1917. 




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Arthur Joseph Penny Reg. No. 6 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; Lance Corporal, Sept. 21, 1914; Corporal, Nov. 
13, 1914; Sergeant, April 23, 1915; British Mediterranean Expeditionary 
Force, Aug. 20, 1915; Acting Company Sergeant Major, Feb. 11, 1916; 
British Expeditionary Force, Oct. 3, 1916; Missing, believed killed, 
Monchy, April 14, 1917. 



Thomas Avery Perry Reg. No. 423 

Enlisted, Sept. 3, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, 
Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Admitted 10th General Hospital, 
Rouen, July 4, 1916; Rejoined Battalion, July 21, 1916; Wounded, 
Gueudecourt, Oct. 12, 1916; Admitted to 8th General Hospital, Rouen, 
Oct. 14, 1916; Rejoined Battalion, Nov. 13, 1916; Evacuated to Hos- 
pital, Feb. S, 1917; Invalided to England, Feb. 26, 1917; Attached to 
Depot, Ayr, April 10, 1917; Embarked for Newfoundland, April 20, 
1917; Discharged, St. John's, medically unfit, May 30, 1917. 



Walter James Petrie Reg. No. 566 

Enlisted, Sept. 19, 1914; Struck off Strength, Newton-on-Ayr, Oct. 15 
1915, time expired. 






Berkley Piercey Reg. No. 421 

Enlisted, Sept. 3, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force. 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Dec. 14, 1915; Admitted to Hos. 
pital, Malta, Dec. 29, 1915; Discharged to duty, March 25, 1916; Dis. 
embarked at Marseilles from Egypt, April 21, 1916; Evacuated to Hos 
pital, Le Havre, May 2, 1916; Joined Base Depot, Rouen, July 30, 1916; 
Rejoined Battalion, Sept. 1, 1916; Wounded slightly, Gueudecourt, Oct. 
12, 1916; With Battalion, Tan. 23, 1917; Killed in action, Monchy, April 
14, 1917. 



Walter Piggott Reg. No. 296 

Enlisted, Sept. 5, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Dec. 4, 1915; Invalided to Eng- 
land, Dec. 25, 1915; Attached to Depot, Ayr, June 9, 1916; Attached 
to Pay and Record Office, London, for duty, July 13, 1916; Acting Cor- 
poral, Dec. 23, 1916; Acting Sergeant, Nov. 24, 1917; Acting Staff Ser- 
geant, Aug. 3, 1918; Acting Staff Quartermaster Sergeant, Dec. 21, 
1918; Demobilized, United Kingdom" Dec. 15, 1919. 



Ernest Pike Reg. No. 609 

Enlisted, Sept. 28, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionarv Force, March 14, 1916; Evacu- 
ated to Hospital, Dec. 6, 1916; Rejoined Battalion, April 13, 1917; Em- 
barked for Newfoundland, furlough, July 27, 1918; Discharged, St. 
John's, medically unfit, Jan. 6, 1919. 






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Richard Pittman Reg. No. 4U0 

Enlisted, Sept. 5, 1914; Lance Corporal, June 17, 1915; British Medi- 
terranean Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; Corporal, Nov. 14, 1915; 
Evacuated from Suvla, Jan. 1, 1916; Admitted to Hospital, Malta, Jan. 
4, 1916; Discharged to Base Depot, Alexandria, March 23, 1916; British 
Expeditionary Force, April 13, 1916; Rejoined Battalion, June 9, 1916; 
Killed in action, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916. 





David Power Reg. No. 310 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Evacu- 
ated to Hospital, July 15, 1917; Rejoined Battalion, Oct. 14, 1917; 
Wounded, Mesnieres, Dec. 3, 1917; Invalided to England, Dec. 9, 1917; 
Attached to Depot, Ayr, Feb. 18, 1918; Embarked for Newfoundland, 
furlough, July 21, 1918; Demobilized, St. John's, Feb. 15, 1919. 



Arthur Milligan Pratt Reg. No. 522 

Enlisted, Sept. 16, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, 
Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, July 7, 1916; 
Attached to Deoot, Ayr, Oct. 16, 1916; Returned to British Expedi- 
tionary Force, June 3, 1917; Admitted to Hospital, Rouen, June 21, 
1917; Discharged to duty, Sept. 28, 1917; Evacuated to Hospital, April 
7, 1918; Discharged to duty, July 11, 1918; Embarked for Newfound- 
land, furlough, July 27, 1918; Discharged, St. John's, medically unfit, 
Nov. 25, 1918. 



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Arthur Purchase Reg. No. 540 

Enlisted, Sept. 16, 1914; Struck off Strength, Newton-on-Ayr, Oct. 15, 
1915, time expired. 



George Albert Raines Reg. No. 381 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Oct. 14, 1915; Invalided to Eng- 
land, July 6, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Aug. 15, 1916; British Ex- 
peditionary Force, Oct. 24, 1916; Rejoined Battalion, Nov. IS, 1916; 
Evacuated to Hospital, Jan. 8, 1918; Rejoined Battalion, March 18, 
1918; Embarked for Newfoundland, furlough, July 27, 1918; Demobil- 
ized, St. John's, Feb. 15, 1919. 



Hubert J. Randell Reg. No. 94 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 28, 1916; Wounded, 
Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Embarked for Newfoundland, May 4, 
1917; Discharged, St. John's, medically unfit, June 6, 1917; Attested 
for service in Newfoundland Forestry Corps, Dec. 28, 1917; Lance Cor- 
poral, Jan. 30, 1918; Corporal, March 28, 1918; Embarked for Overseas, 
March 28, 1918; Sergeant, Sept. 28, 1918; Embarked for Newfoundland, 
Feb. 1, 1919; Demobilized, St. John's, April 10, 1919. 




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John Joseph Reardigan Reg. No. 72 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; Lance Corporal, Nov. 15, 1914; Corporal, July 
2, 1915; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; 
Reverted to Ranks at own request, Sept. 15, 1915; British Expedition- 
ary Force, March 14, 1916; Returned to Newfoundland, furlough, July 
10, 1917; Discharged, St. John's, medically unfit, Aug. 2, 1918. 



George Wilfred Rees Reg. No. 388 

Enlisted, Sept. 5, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated Suvla, Dec. 6, 1915; Invalided to England, 
Jan. 3, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Feb. 2, 1916; British Expedi- 
tionary Force, Feb. 10, 1917; Evacuated to Hospital, March S, 1917; 
Invalided to England, March 23, 1917; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Aug. 
7, 1917; Repatriated to Newfoundland, Sept. 13, 1917; Discharged, St. 
John's, medically unfit, Feb. 1, 1918. 



Henry Reid Reg. No. 513 

Enlisted, Sept. 21, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, 
Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, July 5, 1916; 
Attached to Depot, Ayr, Oct. 31, 1916; Embarked for Newfoundland, 
May 18, 1917; Discharged, St. John's, medically unfit, Aug. 28, 1917. 



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Robert Bruce Reid Reg. No. 593 

Enlisted, Sept. 8, 1914; Lance Corporal, Aug. 10, 1915; Second Lieu- 
tenant, Aug. 16, 1915; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, May 14, 1916; Killed in 
action, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916. 



Charles James Renouf Reg. No. 147 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; Lance Corporal, March 23, 1915; British Medi- 
terranean Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; Corporal, Nov. 20, 
1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, Beau- 
mont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Evacuated to England, July 3, 1916; Re- 
patriated to Newfoundland, May 4, 1917; Discharged, St. John's, 
medically unfit, June 6, 1917. 



Arthur James Rendell Reg. No. 204 

Enlisted, Sept. 3, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Lance Corporal, Dec. 1, 1915; British Expeditionary 
Force, March 14, 1916; Killed in action, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916. 




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Leo T. Rendell Reg. No. 231 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded; 
Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, July 5, 1916, 
Attached to Second Battalion, Ayr, Oct. 30, 1916; Returned to British 
Expeditionary Force, Aug. 5, 1917; Rejoined Battalion in the Field, 
Aug. 28, 1917; Wounded, Broembeek, Oct. 9, 1917; Invalided to Eng- 
land, Oct. 12, 1917; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Jan. 22, 1918; Returned 
to Newfoundland, furlough, June 21, 1918; Demobilized, St. John's 
Feb. 15, 1919. 



Finlay McK. Campbell Richards Reg. No. 8 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force 
Aug. 20, 1915; Wounded, Suvla, Nov. 1, 1915; British Expeditionary 
Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; In- 
valided to England, Returned to British Expeditionary Force, Dec. 12, 
1916; Lance Corporal, March 14, 1917; Prisoner of War, captured at 
Monchy, April 14, 1917; Repatriated to England, Dec. 25, 1918; De- 
mobilized, St. John's, June 10, 1919. 




William Walter Richards Reg. No. 41 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, 
Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, July 5, 1916; 
Returned to British Expeditionary Force, March 25, 1917; Invalided 
to England, April 11, 1918; Demobilized, St. John's, Feb. 15, 1919. 



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Frank Richardson Reg. No. 66 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionarv Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Lance 
Corporal, June 11, 1916; Invalided to England, Julv 5, 1916; Wounded, 
Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Corporal, Oct.' 27, 1916; Returned to 
British Expeditionary Force, Dec. 30, 1916: Killed in action, Steenbeke, 
Aug. 16, 1917. 



F. J. Ricketts Reg. No. 451 

Enlisted, Sept. 11, 1914; Struck off Strength, Newton-on-Ayr, Oct. 15 
1915, time expired. 



Pierce Rideout Reg. No 228 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914: British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Admitted to Hospital, Lemnos, Sept. 20, 1915; Invalided 
to England, Oct. 20, 1915; Attached to Second Battalion, Jan. 19, 1916; 
British Expeditionary Force, March 2S, 1916; Evacuated to Hospital, 
Oct. 21, 1916; Invalided to England, Nov. 15, 1916; Attached to Second 
Battalion, Jan. 15, 1917; Returned to British Expeditionary Force. 
Aug. 5, 1917; Evacuated to Hospital, Oct. 31, 1917; Invalided to Eng- 
land, Nov. 15, 1917; Died at 3rd London General Hospital, April 27, 
1918. 




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Frank Roberts Reg. No. 383 

Enlisted, Sept. 5, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Wounded, Suvla, Oct. 22, 1915; Died of wounds at 20th 
Casualty Clearing Station, Oct. 23, 1915. 



Frederick George Roberts Reg. No. 440 

Enlisted, Sept. S, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, 
Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, July 5, 1916; 
Discharged from Hospital, March 29, 1917; Attached to Depot, Ayr, 
April 5, 1917; Repatriated to Newfoundland, April 10, 1917; Dis- 
charged, St. John's, medically unfit, May 9, 1917. 



Walter Graham Roberts Reg. No. 368 

Enlisted, Sept. 5, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Dec. 1, 1915; Invalided to Eng- 
land, Jan. 16, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Sept. 13, 1916; Lance Cor- 
poral, May 21, 1917; Acting Corporal, Oct. 22, 1917; Attached to Pay 
and Record Office, London, for duty, March 9, 1918; Acting Sergeant, 
May 11, 191S; Embarked for Newfoundland, furlough, July 21, 191S; 
Demobilized, St. John's, Feb. 20, 1919. 



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Eric McKenzie Robertson Reg. No. 497 

Enlisted, Sept. 7, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Oct. 29, 1915; Rejoined Bat- 
talion, Suez, Jan. 16, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 
1916; Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, 
July 6, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Aug. 29, 1916; Embarked for 
Newfoundland, Julv IS, 1917; Discharged, St. John's, medically unfit, 
Aug. 28, 1917. 



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John Joseph Robinson Reg. No. 480 

Enlisted, Sept. 9, 1914; Lance Corporal, Sept. 21, 1914; Corporal, 
Jan. 5, 1915; Sergeant, July 10, 1915; British Mediterranean Expedi- 
tionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Nov. 21, 1915; 
Admitted to Hospital, Malta, Nov. 27, 1915; Discharged to duty, 
Jan. 26, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, March IS, 1916; Wounded, 
Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, Aug. 24, 1916; 
Repatriated to Newfoundland, Sept. 27, 1916; Discharged, St. John's, 
medically unfit, Dec. 31, 1916. 



Charles Dalton Rogers Reg. No. 389 

Enlisted, Sept. 5, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Admitted to Hospital, Suez, Feb. 16, 1916; Discharged 
to Base Depot, Alexandria, April 25, 1916; British Expeditionary 
Force, April 26, 1916; Invalided to England, June 17, 1916; Attached 
to Depot, Ayr, July 18, 1916; Returned to British Expeditionary 
Force, Oct. 3, 1916; Admitted to Hospital, Rouen, Jan. 15, 1917; In- 
valided to England, Feb. 15, 1917; Attached to Depot, Ayr, March 
22, 1917; Returned to British Expeditionary Force, Aug. 5, 1917; 
Classified "P. B." at Rouen, Aug. 7, 1917; Transferred to England, 
Aug. 12, 1917; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Aug. 17, 1917; Embarked for 
Newfoundland, May 22, 1919; Demobilized, St. John's, June 29, 1919. 



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Edward Joseph Rogers Reg. No. 355 

Enlisted, Sept. 5, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Killed in 
action, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916. 



Thomas Edward Rogers Reg. No. 394 

Enlisted, Sept. 5, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Oct. 29, 1915; Admitted to 
Hospital, Malta, Nov. 10, 1915; Rejoined Battalion, Suez, Jan. 26, 
1916; British Expeditionarv Force, March 14, 1916; Killed in action, 
Gueudecourt, Oct. 12. 1916! 



William Roost Reg. No. 76 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded 
Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, July 3, 1916 
Returned to British Expeditionary Force, Jan. 31, 1917; Killed in action 
Sailly-Saillisel, March 2, 1917. 




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Wilfred John Rose Reg. No. 217 

Enlisted, Sept. 4, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, 
Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, July 5, 1916; 
Repatriated to Newfoundland, Jan. 26, 1917; Demobilized, St. John's 
medically unfit, March 7, 1917. 



Michael Joseph Ross Reg. No. 250 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Nov. 14, 1915; Invalided to 
England, Dec. 31, 1915; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Feb. 29, 1916; British 
Expeditionary Force, March 28, 1916; Killed in action, Beaumont 
Hamel, July 1, 1916. 



Harry Mott Rowe Reg. No. 611 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Wounded, Suvla, Dec. 10, 1915; Admitted Hospital, 
Cairo, Dec. 17, 1915; Rejoined Battalion, Suez, March 7, 1916; British 
Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Lance Corporal, May 30, 1916, 
Corporal, July 12, 1916; Evacuated to Hospital, March 19, 1917; 
Rejoined Battalion, June 30, 1917; Sergeant, Nov. 1, 1917; Killed in 
action, Marcoing, Nov. 20, 1917. 



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Edward Clayton Rowsell Reg. No. 571 

Enlisted, Sept. 17, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Lance 
Corporal, Mav IS, 1916; Killed in action, Beaumont Hamel, Julv 1, 
1916. 



William Thomas Ryall Reg. No. 53 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; Lance Corporal, Sept. 21, 1914; Corporal, 
March 12, 1915; Sergeant, June 14, 1915; Company Sergeant Major, 
Oct. 14, 1915; 2nd Lieutenant, Nov. 27, 1915; British Expeditionary 
Force, June 5, 1916; Killed in action, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916. 



Bernard Ryan Reg. No. 123 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March IS, 1916; Wounded 
Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Evacuated to England, July 5, 1916; 
Returned to British Expeditionary Force, Dec. 30, 1916; Killed in 
action, Monchy, April 14, 1917. 




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John Joseph Ryan Reg. No. 38 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
20, 1915; Wounded, Suvla, Nov. 11, 1915; Invalided to England, 
Nov. 28, 1915; Attached to Depot, Ayr, March 2, 1916; British Expedi- 
tionary Force, April 13, 1916; Wounded near Sonken Road, Nov. 30, 
1916; Invalided to England, Dec. 6, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, 
July 17, 1917; Embarked for Newfoundland, July 18, 1917; Discharged, 
St. John's, medically unfit. Feb. 6, 191 S. 



Thomas Brown Ryan Reg. No. 260 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, 
Gueudecourt, Oct. 12, 1916; Invalided to England, Nov. 8, 1916; At- 
tached to Depot, Ayr, Jan. 26, 1917; Lance Corporal, Nov. 5, 1917; 
Acting Corporal, July 10, 1918; Returned to Newfoundland, furlough, 
July 21, 1918; Demobilized, St. John's, Feb. 15, 1919. 




William Joseph Ryan Reg. No. 133 



Enlisted, Sept. 7, 1914; Lance Corporal, Nov. 13, 1914; Corporal. 
July 2, 1915; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 
1915; Evacuated, Suvla, Oct. 17, 1915; Admitted Hospital, Cairo, 
Oct. 21, 1915; Rejoined Battalion, Suez, March 7, 1916; British Ex- 
peditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Killed in action, Beaumont Hamel, 
Julv 1, 1916. 



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Peter Samson Reg. No-. 267 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Lance Corporal, Dec. 10, 1915; British Expeditionary 
Force, March 14, 1916; Evacuated to Hospital, March 28, 1916; In- 
valided to England, April 16, 1916; Returned to British Expeditionary 
Force, June 25, 1916; Corporal, Aug. 8, 1916; Sergeant, Sept. 14, 1916; 
Wounded, Gueudecourt, Oct. 12, 1916; Invalided to England, Oct. 
19, 1916; Awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal, Dec. 11, 1916; 
Decorated with Croix de Guerre, May 1, 1917; Returned to British 
Expeditionary Force, June 11, 1917; Wounded, Steenbeke, Aug. 16, 
1917; Invalided to England, Aug. 21, 1917; Returned to British Ex- 
peditionary Force, Dec. 5, 1917; Company Sergeant Major, Dec. 26, 
1917; Returned to Newfoundland, furlough, July 27, 1918; Demobilized, 
St. John's, Feb, 15, 1919. 



Michael Francis Sears Reg. No. 73 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Returned 
to Newfoundland, March 23, 1917; Discharged, St. John's, medically 
unfit, Jan. 2. 1918. 



Horatius Seaward Reg. No. 172 

Enlisted, Sept. 8, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated, Suvla, Nov. 24, 1915; Invalided to England, 
Nov. 24, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, Dec. 12, 1916; Killed in 
action, Steenbeke, Aug. 16. 1917. 



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William Burton Shave Reg. No. 543 

Enlisted, Sept. 16, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, 
Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, July 5, 1916; 
Attached to Depot, Ayr, Sept. 13, 1916; Returned to British Expedi- 
tionary Force, Nov. 6, 1917; Rejoined Battalion, Nov. 14, 1917; 
Wounded, Marcoing, Nov. 20, 1917; Invalided to England, Nov. 28, 
1917; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Dec. 27, 1917; Lance Corporal , March 
11, 19.18; Corporal, May 13, 1918; Embarked for Newfoundland, 
furlough, July 21, 1918; Demobilized, St. John's, Feb. 25, 1919. 



John Joseph Sheehan Reg. No. 35 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, 
Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, July 5, 1916; 
Lance Corporal, Oct. 27, 1916; Returned to British Expeditionary 
Force, Dec. 30, 1916; Corporal, Feb. 9, 1917; Wounded, Sailly-Saillisel, 
Feb. 24, 1917; Discharged, medically unfit, Dec. 8, 1917; Enlisted 
Newfoundland Forestry Battalion, Dec. 11, 1917; Sergeant, Dec. 12, 
1917; Embarked for United Kingdom, Dec. 21, 1917; Died of pneu- 
monia, Dec. 28, 1917. 



Richard John Sheppard Reg. No. 282 

Enlisted, Sept. S, 1914; Lance Corporal, Sept. 21, 1914; Corporal, 
Oct. 3, 1914; Sergeant, Feb. 6, 1915; 2nd Lieutenant, April 22, 1915; 
British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; Lieu- 
tenant, Oct. 15, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Nov. 26, 1915; Admitted 
Hospital, Malta, Dec. 29, 1915; Discharged to duty, April 1, 1916; 
British Expeditionary Force, April 24, 1916; Admitted to Hospital, 
Rouen, April 29, 1916; Invalided to England, June 11, 1916; Attached 
to Depot, Ayr, Aug. 4, 1916; Returned to British Expeditionary Force, 
Sept. 5, 1916; Detached for duty, Divisional Headquarters, July 21, 
1917; Evacuated to Hospital, Rouen, May 23, 1918; Invalided to 
England, July 28, 1918; Embarked for Newfoundland, furlough, Aug. 
24, 1918; Returned to United Kingdom, Nov. 18, 1918; Attached to 
Depot, Winchester, Dec. 6, 1918; Retired, United Kingdom, May 24, 
1919. 



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Robert C. Sheppard Reg. No. 473 

Enlisted, Sept. S, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Dec. 13, 1915; Admitted to Hos- 
pital, Malta, Dec. 17, 1915; Discharged to duty, March 4, 1916; 
British Expeditionary Force, March IS, 1916; Wounded slightly, 
remained on duty, May 22, 1916; Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 
1916; Invalided to England, July 4, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, 
Sept. 28, 1916; Embarked for Newfoundland, Oct. 10, 1916; Discharged, 
St. John's, medically unfit, March 28, 1917. 



George Shirran Reg. No. 493 

Enlisted, Sept. 11, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Nov. 14, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, 
Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, July 4, 1916; 
Attached to Depot, Ayr, Nov. 4, 1916; Returned to British Expedi- 
tionary Force, Sept. 7, 1917; Evacuated to Hospital, Dec. 27, 1917; 
Invalided to England, Jan. 10, 1918; Attached to Depot, Winchester, 
May 4, 1918; Demobilized, United Kingdom, March 7, 1919. 




Richard A. Shortall Reg. No. 395 

Enlsted, Sept. 5, 1914; Lance Corporal, Sept. 21, 1914; Corpora!, 
March 11, 1915; 2nd Lieutenant, April 22, 1915; British Mediterranean 
Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; Wounded, Suvla, Nov. 26, 1915; 
Admitted Hospital, Mudros, Nov. 30, 1915; Lieutenant, Jan. 1, 1916; 
Transferred to Malta, Jan. IS, 1916; Rejoined Battalion, Suez, March 7, 
1916; British Expeditionary Force, March_14, 1916; Killed in action, 
Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916. 




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William T. Simmonds Reg. No. 349 

Enlisted, Sept. 7, 1914; Lance Corporal, Sept. 21, 1914; Corporal, 
July 2, 1915; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 
1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Nov. 26, 1915; Invalided to England, 
Feb. 19, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, March 13, 1916; Sergeant, 
April 20, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, March 1, 1918; Killed in 
action, De Broeken, April 13, 1918. 




John Henry Simms Reg. No. 88 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, 
Steenbeke, Aug. 16, 1917; Died of Wounds Aug. 17, 1917; Awarded 
Military Medal, Oct. 18, 1917. 



Robert Ronald Simms Reg. No. 576 

Enlisted, Sept. 22, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Killed in' 
action, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916. 





Sydney Bemister Skeffington Reg. No. 59 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 2, 1916; Lance Cor- 
poral, Dec. 26, 1917; Returned to Newfoundland, furlough, July 24 
1918; Demobilized, St. John's, Feb. 15, 1919. 



Arthur John Skinner Reg. No. 202 

Enlisted, Sept. 4, 1914; Struck off Strength, Newton-on-Ayr, Oct. 15» 
1915; Enlisted with Newfoundland Roval Naval Reserve. 



Albert Ernest Slade Reg. No. 273 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Wounded, Suvla, Nov. 1, 1915; Admitted to Hospital, 
Malta, Nov. 7, 1915; Rejoined Battalion, Suez, Jan. 26, 1916; British 
Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Embarked for Newfoundland, 
furlough, July 27, 1918; Demobilized, St. John's, Feb. 15, 1919. 




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Harvey Haynes Small Reg. No. 302 

Enlisted, Sept. 14, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Wounded, Suvla, Nov. 8, 1915; Admitted to Hospital, 
Cairo, Nov. 13, 1915; Rejoined Battalion, Suez, Jan. 31, 1916; Lance 
Corporal, Feb. 27, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916, 
Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, July 
3, 1916; Attached to Depot, Avr, Aug. 21, 1916; Returned to New- 
foundland, furlough, Sept. 27, 1916; Second Lieutenant, Mav 16, 1917; 
Embarked for United Kingdom, May 18, 1917; Returned to British Ex- 
peditionary Force, Jan. 5, 191S; Embarked for Newfoundland on spe- 
cial duty, July 21, 19 IS; Returned to United Kingdom, Nov. 27, 191S; 
Attached to Depot, Winchester, Dec. 4, 1918; Embarked for Newfound- 
land, Jan. 30, 1919; Retired and placed on Reserve of Officers, Feb. 25, 
1919. 



William A. Small Reg. No. 614 

Enlisted, Sept. 4, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Jan. 1, 1916; Admitted to Hos- 
pital, Malta, Jan. 17, 1916; Discharged to duty, Feb. 13, 1916; British 
Expeditionary Force, March IS, 1916; Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, 
July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, July 4, 1916; Attached to Depot, 
Ayr, Sept. 5, 1916; Returned to British Expeditionary Force, June 3, 
1917; Rejoined Battalion, June 19, 1917; Wounded, Steenbeke, Aug. 
16, 1917; Discharged to duty, Aug. 27, 1917; Evacuated to Hospital, 
Jan. IS, 1918; Invalided to England, Feb. IS, 1918; Repatriated to New- 
foundland, April 24, 191S; Discharged, St. John's, medically unfit, May 
25, 1918. 



Robert Tempi.eton Smith Reg. No. 366 

Enlisted, Sept. 4, 1914; Second Lieutenant, Seaforth Highlanders, and 
Struck off Strength, Oct. 24, 1915. 



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Roy Archibald Smith Reg. No. 379 

Enlisted, Sept. 8, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Au<* 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Oct. 9, 1915; Invalided to Eng- 
land Nov. 30, 1915; Attached to Depot, Ayr, April 3, 1916; British Ex- 
peditionary Force, March 25, 1917; Reioined Battalion, April IS, 1917; 
Lance Corporal, Sept. 17, 1917; Wounded, Mesmeres, Dec. 2, 1917; In- 
valided to England, Dec. 5, 1917; Attached to Depot, Winchester, June 
2, 1918; Acting Corporal, July 16, 1918; Embarked for Newfoundland, 
July 21, 1918; Demobilized, St. John's, March 19, 1919. 



Walter Smith Reg. No. 478 

Enlisted, Sept. 9, 1914; Struck off Strength, Newton-on-Ayr, medically 
unfit, Mav 26, 1915. 



Michael Frank Smyth Reg. No. 512 

Enlisted, Sept. 15, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 18, 1916; Lance Cor- 
poral, Dec. 11, 1917; Corporal, July 17, 19 IS; Embarked for Newfound- 
land/furlough, July 21, 1918; Demobilized, St. John's, Feb. 15, 1919. 




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Thomas Joseph Smyth Reg. No. 523 

Enlisted, Sept. 16, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20,'l915; Evacuated from Suvla, Sept. 28, 1915; Invalided to Eng- 
land, Nov. 1, 1915; Attached to Depot, Ayr, April 27, 1916; British Ex- 
oeditionary Force, Dec. 30, 1916; Rejoined Battalion, Jan. 17, 1917; 
Prisoner of War, captured at Monchy, April 14, 1917; Repatriated to 
England from Germanv, Dec. 3, 1918; Embarked for Newfoundland, 
Dec. 12, 1918; Demobilized, St. John's, March IS, 1919. 



Frank Snelgrove Reg. No. 405 

Enlisted, Sept. S, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Dec. 3, 1915; Invalided" to Eng- 
land, Dec. 19, 1915; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Jan. 24, 1916; British Ex- 
peditionary Force, March 28, 1916; Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, July 
1, 1916; Invalided to England, July 8, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, 
Nov. 13, 1916; Returned to British Expeditionary Force, Aug. 5, 1917; 
Rejoined Battalion, Sept. 3, 1917; Wounded, Broembeek, Oct. 9, 1917; 
Invalided to England, Oct. 15, 1917; Rejoined Battalion, Feb. 11, 1918; 
Repatriated to Newfoundland, July 21, 1918; Discharged, St. John's, 
medically unfit, Aug. 31, 191S. 




Hardy Frederick Snow Reg. No. 322 

Enlisted, Sept. 5, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Evacu- 
ated to Hospital, May 3, 1916; Rejoined Battalion, July 27, 1916; Lance 
Corporal, Aug. 11, 1916; Killed in action, Gueudecourt, Oct. 12, 1916. 



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James Snow Reg. No. 433 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Wounded, Suvla, Nov. 1, 1915; Invalided to England, 
Dec. 5, 1915; Attached to Depot, Feb. 5, 1916; British Expeditionary 
Force, March 1, 1917; Returned to Depot, April 18, 1917: Returned to 
British Expeditionary Force, Julv 1, 191S; Embarked for Newfound- 
land, furlough, July 27, 191S; Demobilized, St. John's, Feb. 15, 1919. 



Joseph Henry Snow Reg. No. 74 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; Sergeant, Sept. 21, 1914; British Mediterranean 
Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, 
March 14, 1916; Second Lieutenant, June 5, 1916; Returned to New- 
foundland for duty, July 11, 1916; Embarked for United Kingdom, 
Aug. 28, 1916; Returned to British Expeditionary Force, Oct. 27, 1916; 
Lieutenant, Nov. 1, 1917; Embarked for Newfoundland, furlough, Julv 
21, 1918; Attached for duty to Depot, St. John's, Sept. 8, 1918; Acting 
Captain, Anril 12, 1919; Retired and placed on Reserve of Officers, Oct. 
13, 1919. 



William James Somerton Reg. No. 265 

Enlisted Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Wounded, Suvla, Oct. 17, 1915; Discharged to duty, 
Jan. 30, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded 
Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, July 3, 1916; At- 
tached to Depot, Ayr, Dec. 11, 1916; Repatriated to Newfoundland, 
Feb. 23, 1916; Discharged, St. John's, medicallv unfit, Jan. 24, 1917. 





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George Sparkes Reg. No. 253 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Dec. 5, 1915; Rejoined Battalion, 
Suez, March 7, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; 
Killed in action, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916. 



John Spooner Reg. No. 498 

Enlisted, Sept, 14, 1914; Lance Corporal, June 14, 1915; British Medi- 
terranean Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla 
Nov. 17, 1915; Admitted to Hospital, Malta, Nov. 26, 1915; Invalided 
to England, Jan. 25, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, April 5, 1916; Sec- 
ond Lieutenant, July 12, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, Oct. 27, 
1916; Evacuated to Hospital, March 25, 1917; Invalided to England, 
April 17, 1917; Embarked for Newfoundland, furlough, June 22, 1917; 
Retired, St. John's, medically unfit, Dec. 11, 1917. 



Herbert Spry Reg. No. 275 

Enlisted, Sept. 3, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Oct. 10, 1915; Rejoined Battalion, 
Suez, Jan. 26, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; 
Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, July 
9, 1916; Returned to British Expeditionary Force, Nov. 6, 1917; 
Wounded, Marcoing, Nov. 20, 1917; Invalided to England, Nov. 24, 
1917; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Feb. 22, 1918; Embarked for New- 
foundland, furlough, July 27, 191S; Demobilized, St. John's, Feb. 15, 
'919. 



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Charles Patrick Spurrell Reg. No. 378 

Enlisted. Sept. 5, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force. 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Evacu- 
ated to Hospital, June 28, 1916; Discharged to duty, July 1, 1916 
Lance Corporal, Aug. 11, 1916; Wounded, Gueudecourt, Oct. 12, 1916 
Invalided to England, Oct. 15, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Nov. 29. 
1916; Acting Corporal, Jan. 17, 1917; Confirmed to rank, March 23. 
1917; Sergeant, June 10, 1917; British Expeditionary Force, June 11. 
1917; Awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal, Oct. 9, 1917; Wounded, 
Marcoing, Nov. 20, 1917; Invalided to England, Nov. 30, 1917; At- 
tached to Depot, Winchester, April 22, 1918; Embarked for Newfound- 
land for Special Duty, May 13, 191S; Demobilized, St. John's, April 2S 
1919. 



Josiah Squibb Reg. No. 243 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Killed in action, Suvla, Oct. 19, 1915. 



Jack Squires Reg. No. 367 

Enlisted, Sept. 5, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Dec. 1, 1915; Invalided to Eng- 
land, Jan. 28, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, March 13, 1916; British 
Expeditionary Force, April 13, 1916; Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, July 
1, 1916; Invalided to England, July 3, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, 
Aug. 25, 1916; Returned to British Expeditionary Force, Oct. 3, 1916; 
Prisoner of War, captured at Monchy, April 14, 1917; Repatriated to 
England, Jan. 1, 1919; Embarked for Newfoundland, Jan. 30, 1919; 
Demobilized, St. John's, March 18, 1919. 







Anthony James Stacey Reg. No. 466 

Sept. 12, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Lance 
Corporal, Oct. 22, 1916; Corporal, June 14, 1917; Acting Sergeant 
Dec. 26, 1917; Sergeant, July 24, 1918; Embarked for Newfoundland, 
furlough, July 27, 1918; Demobilized, St. Tohn's, Feb. 15, 1919. 



Owen William Steele Reg. No. 326 

Enlisted, Sept. 13, 1914; Sergeant, Sept. 21, 1914; Color Sergeant, Oct. 
3, 1914; Second Lieutenant, April 22, 1915; British Mediterranean Ex- 
peditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; Lieutenant, Oct. 15, 1915; British 
Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, July 7, 1916; Died of 
wounds, S7th" Field Ambulance Station, July 8, 1916. 



Wilfred DownJStenlake Reg. No. 415 

Enlisted, Sept. 9, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Nov. 26, 1915; Invalided to Eng- 
land, Jan. 3, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, May 15, 1916; Repatriated 
to Newfoundland, July 20, 1916; Discharged, St. John's, medically unfit 
Sept. 12, 1916. 



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John Sydney Stevenson 



Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; Lance Corporal, July 14, 1915; British Medi- 
terranean Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; Corporal, Nov. 20, 1915; 
Sergeant, Feb. 27, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; 
Second Lieutenant, July 1, 1916; Killed in action, Monchy, April 14, 
1917. 



Leonard Tretheway Stick Reg. No. 1 

Enlisted, Sept. 5, 1914; Sergeant, Sept. 21, 1914; British Mediterranean 
Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, 
March 14, 1916; Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Second 
Lieutenant, July 1, 1916; Transferred to Indian Army, Oct. 11, 1917. 



Robin Stick Reg. No. 46 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; Lance Corporal, Nov. 13, 1914; Corporal, April 
7, 1915; Sergeant, June 14, 1915; Second Lieutenant, July 29, 1915; 
British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1916; British 
Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, 
July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, July 4, 1916; Attached to Depot, 
Ayr, Oct. 17, 1916; Returned to British Expeditionary Force, March 
12, 1917; Captain, Aug. 6, 1917; Wounded, Marcoing, Nov. 20, 1917; 
Discharged to duty, Nov. 30, 1917; Embarked for Newfoundland, fur- 
lough, July 24, 1918; Returned to United Kingdom, Oct. 19, 1918; Re- 
turned to British Expeditionary Force, Nov. 4, 1918; Embarked for 
Newfoundland, May 22, 1919; Retired and placed on Reserve of Offi- 
cers, June 6, 1919. 




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Henry Skinner Stone Reg. No. 361 

Enlisted, Sept. 7, 1914; British Expeditionary Force, March 13, 1916; 
Joined Battalion, April S, 1916; Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 
1916; Invalided to England, July 8, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, 
Oct. 17, 1916; Repatriated to Newfoundland, Oct. 28, 1916; Discharged, 
St. John's, medically unfit, Nov. 2, 1916. 



Llewellyn Stone Reg. No. 26 

Enlisted, Sept. 14, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, 
Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Discharged, St. John's, medically 
unfit, May 9, 1917. 



Harry Groves Strathie Reg. No. 494 

Enlisted, Sept. 4, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Killed 
in action, July 1, 1916. 





_. No. 30 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; Sergeant, Sept. 21, 1914; Color Sergeant 
Oct. 3, 1914; Company Sergeant Major, May 6, 1915; Wounded 
Somme Raid, June 28, 1916; Second Lieutenant, Oct. 9, 1915; Lieu- 
tenant, Oct. 9, 1916; Captain, Aug. 16, 1917; Wounded, Neuve E^lise 
April 12, 1918; Died of Wounds, April 13, 1918. 



Augustus Leo Summers Reg. No. 93 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; Lance Corporal, Nov. 12, 1915; 2nd Lieutenant 
Nov. 27, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, Nov. 17, 1916; Lieutenant' 
Aug. 1, 1917; Embarked for Newfoundland for special duty May 22' 
1918; Returned to United Kingdom, Oct. 12, 1918; Returned to British 
Expeditionary Force, Nov. 19, I91S; Embarked for Newfoundland 
Jan. 30, 1919; Retired, Feb. 25, 1919. 




Charles F. Taylor Reg. No. 293 

Enlisted, Sept. 9, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force 
Aug. 20, 1915; Admitted to Hospital, Mudros, Sept. 20, 1915- Dis- 
charged to duty, Oct. 4, 1915; Admitted to Hospital, Malta, Oct 30 
1915; Rejoined Battalion, Suez, March 7, 1916; British Expeditionary 
Force, March 14, 1916; Killed in action, Beaumont Hamel, Tuly 1 
1916. } ' 






Reg. No. 28 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; Sergeant, Sept. 21, 1914; Color Sergeant, Oct. 
3, 1914; Company Quartermaster Sergeant, Oct. 29, 1914; Company, 
Sergeant Major, July 31, 1915; 2nd Lieutenant, Oct. 9, 1915; British 
Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Nov. 14, 1915; British Expedi- 
tionary Force, March 14, 1916; Killed in action, Beaumont Hamel, 
July 1, 1916. 



Herbert Taylor Reg. No. 7 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; Lance Corporal, Oct. 30, 1915; British Mediter- 
ranean Expeditionary Force, Nov. 14, 1915; British Expeditionary 
Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; 
Discharged, St. John's, medically unfit, Aug. 7, 1917. 



Victor S. Taylor Reg. No. 1 1 1 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Lance 
Corporal, Aug. 8, 1916; Acting Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 
Feb. 1, 1917; Confirmed to Rank, June 14, 1917; Embarked for New- 
foundland, furlough, July 27, 191S; Demobilized, St. John's. Feb. 15, 
1919. 



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Walter Cameron Taylor Reg. No. 452 

Enlisted, Sept. 8, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Dec. 3, 1915; Joined Base Depot, 
Alexandria, March 15, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, March IS, 
1916; Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, 
July 3, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Sept. 13, 1916; Returned to 
British Expeditionary Force, Aug. 5, 1917; Admitted to Hospital, 
Rouen, Aug. 23, 1917; Acting Corporal, Dec. 26, 1917; Rejoined 
Battalion, Dec. 30, 1917; Confirmed to Rank, April 25, 1918; Sergeant 
July24, 1918; Embarked for Newfoundland, July 27, 1918; Demobilized, 
St. John's, Feb. 15, 1919. 



John Vincent Temple Reg. No. 232 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; Lance Corporal, July 26, 1915; British Mediter- 
ranean Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, 
Dec. 16, 1915; Rejoined Battalion, Dec. 30, 1915; British Expeditionary 
Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; 
Invalided to England, July 6, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Oct. 3, 
1916; Returned to Newfoundland, furlough, Oct. 28, 1916; Discharged, 
St. John's, medically unfit, March 7, 1917. 



Robert Tetford Reg. No. 277 

Enlisted, Sept. 3, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Nov. 2, 1915; Admitted to 
Hospital, Malta, Dec. 9, 1915; Rejoined Battalion, Suez, March 1, 
1916; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, Beau- 
mont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, July 6, 1916; Re- 
turned to Newfoundland, furlough, Sept. 27, 1916; Discharged, St. 
John's, medically unfit, Jan. 31, 1917. 




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Walter Leslie Thistle Reg. No. 215 

Enlisted, Sept. 4, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Lance 
Corporal, July 1 2, 1 9 1 6 ; Wounded, Gueudecourt. Oct. 12, 1916; Invalided 
to England, Oct. 14, 1916; Acting Corporal, Jan. 17, 1917; Confirmed 
to Rank, April 24, 1917; Returned to British Expeditionary Force, 
April 28, 1917; Rejoined Battalion, June 14, 1917; Prisoner of War, 
captured at Mesnieres, Dec. 3, 1917; Repatriated to England, Dec. 25, 
1918; Returned to Newfoundland, Jan. 3, 1919; Demobilized, St. 
John's, April 7, 1919. 



James Elliott Thompson Reg. No. 61 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Corporal, Feb. 27, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, 
March 14, 1916; 2nd Lieutenant, June 5, 1916; Killed in action, Sailly- 
Saillisel, March 3, 1917. 



John Thompson 



No. 139 



Enlisted, Sept. 5, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded 
accidently, Belgium, Sept. 9, 1916; Rejoined Battalion, Oct. 12, 1916; 
Prisoner of War, captured at Monchy, April 14, 1917; Repatriated 
to England, Dec. 25, 1918; Returned to Newfoundland, Jan. 30, 1919; 
Demobilized, St. John's, March 23, 1919. 




Enlisted, Sept. 4, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 18, 1916; Wounded, 
Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Rejoined Battalion, July 21, 1916; 
Wounded, LesFosses Farm, April 23, 1917; Evacuated to England, 
April 28, 1917; Repatriated to Newfoundland, Feb. 23, 1918; Discharged, 
St. John's, medically unfit, April 11, 191S. 



Henry Tilley Reg. No. 307 

Enlisted, Sept. 8, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Admitted to Hospital, Lemnos, Sept. 20, 1915; Invalided 
to England, Oct. 27, 1915; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Nov. 22, 1915; 
Lance Corporal, Dec. 5, 1915; British ExpeditionaryiForce, Jan. 31, 
1917; Killed in action, Monchy, April 14, 1917. 




Richard Tilley Reg. No. 21 

Enlisted, Sept. 3, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, MarchJ14, 1916; Wounded, 
Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Discharged, medically unfit, Aug. 28, 
1917; Reattested, Oct. 20, 1917;iLance Corporal, Jan. 15, 1918; 
Corporal, Oct. 15, 1918; Acting Sergeant, March 1, 1919; Discharged, 
St. John's, Nov. 3, 1919. 




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Austin Gerald Tipple Reg. No. 583 

Enlisted, Sept. 22, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, 
Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, July 6, 1916; 
Admitted 3rd London General Hospital, Wandsworth, July 6, 1916; 
Discharged from Hospital, Jan. 24, 1917; Repatriated to Newfoundland, 
Feb. 2, 1917; Discharged, St. John's, medically unfit, March 7, 1917. 



James John Tobin Reg. No. 69 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Returned to Newfoundland, furlough, May 30, 1916; 
Embarked for United Kingdom, July 19, 1916; Acting Corporal, Sept. 
9, 1916; 2nd Lieutenant, Nov. 1, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, 
May 4, 1917; Killed in action, Marcoing, Nov. 20, 1917. 



Harry Alexander Tompkinson Reg. No. 298 

Enlisted, Sept. 5, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Wounded, Suvla, Nov. 30, 1915; Evacuated to Hospital, 
Malta, Dec. 7, 1915; Joined Base Depot, Alexandria, March 4, 1916; 
British Expeditionary Force, March 18, 1916; Admitted to Hospital, 
Rouen, March 30, 1916; Transferred to England, April 27, 1916; 
Attached to Depot, Ayr, May 2, 1916; Repatriated to Newfoundland, 
July 20, 1916; Discharged, St. John's, medically unfit, Sept. 12, 1916. 



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William Trebble Reg. No. 18 

Enlisted, Sept. 7, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Lance Corporal, Oct. 6, 1915; Corporal, Feb. 27, 1916; 
British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, Beaumont 
Hamel, July 1, 1916; Discharged, St. John's, medically unfit, Oct. 
19, 1917. 



George Beverley Tuff Reg. No. 2 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, 
Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Lance Corporal, Nov. 6, 1916; Acting 
Corporal, Jan. 17, 1917; Acting Sergeant, June 19, 1917; Confirmed to 
Corporal Rank, April 27, 1918; Confirmed to Sergeant Rank, Feb. 12, 
1919; Demobilized, St. John's, June 29, 1919. 



James Roy Tuff Reg. No. 23 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Lance 
Corporal, Aug. 8, 1916; Corporal, Nov. 23, 1916; Wounded, Monchy, 
April 14, 1917; Died of Wounds, April 2S, 1917. 



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Ralph Wellon Tulk 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Served with 1st Composite Battalion, Western Egyptian 
Frontier, Dec. 1915 to Feb. 1916; British Expeditionary Force, March 
2, 1916; Lance Corporal, May 11, 1917; Acting Corporal, Dec. 26, 
1917; Returned to Newfoundland, furlough, July 27, 1918; Demobilized, 
St. John's, April 20, 1919. 



Stanley Gordon Tulk 




No. 268 



Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Nov. 26, 1915; Invalided to 
England, Dec. 24, 1915; Attached to Depot, Ayr, March 22, 1916; 
British Expeditionary Force, August 5, 1917; Evacuated to Hospital, 
Aug. 23, 1917; Rejoined Battalion, Dec. 30, 1917; Embarked for New- 
foundland, furlough, Sept. 7, 1918; Demobilized, St. John's, April 
20, 1919. 



Michael Vail Reg. No. 155 

Enlisted, Sept. 5, 1914; Lance Corporal, April 15, 1915; Corporal, 
July 2, 1915; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Aug 20, 
1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Oct. 23, 1915; Invalided to England, 
April 12, 1916; Repatriated to Newfoundland, June 30, 1916; Dis- 
charged, St. John's, medically unfit, Oct. 13, 1916. 




Francis J. Vaughan Reg. No. 481 

Enlisted, Sept. 9, 1914; Lance Corporal, Sept. 18, 1915; Corporal, Oct 
12, 1916; Acting Sergeant, Nov. 29, 1916; Embarked for Newfound- 
land, June 15, 1917; Attached to Headquarters, St. John's, May 18 
1918; Died at General Hospital, St. John's, May 22, 1918. 



Oscar Augustus Vaughan Reg. No. 337 

Enlisted, Sept, 7, 1914; Lance Corporal, July 29, 1915; British Medi- 
terranean Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla. 
Dec. 16, 1915; Invalided to England, Dec. 26, 1915; Attached to Depot 
Ayr, Jan. 28, 1916; Embarked for Newfoundland, furlough, June 6, 
1917; Died at Jensen Camp, St. John's, July 4, 1917. 



Richard H. Voisey Reg. No. 152 

Enlisted, Sept. 4, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Served with 1st Composite Battalion, Western Egyptian 
Frontier, Dec. 1915, to Feb. 1916; British Expeditionary Force, March 
2, 1916; Lance Corporal Aug. 11, 1916; Wounded, Gueudecourt, Oct. 12, 
1916; Repatriated to Newfoundland, June 6, 1917; Discharged, St. 
John's, medically unfit, June 11, 1917; Reattested for duty at Depot, 
St. John's, Dec. 9, 1917; Acting Corporal, May 31, 1918; Acting Ser- 
geant, Nov. 18, 1918; Demobilized, St. John's, Sept. 1, 1919. 







Frank Walsh Reg. No. 161 

Enlisted, Sept. 5, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Lance Corporal, Oct. 25, 1915; Corporal, Feb. 27, 1916; 
British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, Beaumont 
Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, July 4, 1916; Acting Ser- 
geant, Sept. 12, 1916; Returned to British Expeditionary Force, Dec. 
12, 1916; Acting Company Quartermaster Sergeant, Jan. 28, 1917; 
Confirmed to Rank, June 14, 1917; Returned to Newfoundland, fur- 
lough, July 27, 1918; Demobilized, St. John's, Feb. 15, 1919. 



George Edward Walsh Reg. No. 506 

Enlisted, Sept. 16, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Sept. 20, 1915; Rejoined Bat- 
talion, Suez, Jan. 16, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 
1916: Embarked for Newfoundland, furlough, July 27, 1918; Demobil- 
ized, St. John's, Feb. 15, 1919. 



Michael Francis Walsh Reg. No. 399 

Enlisted, Sept. 5, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Nov. 30, 1915; Discharged to 
duty, Jan. 7, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, March 18, 1916; Killed 
in action, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916. 



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Patrick Joseph Walsh Reg. No. 286 

Enlisted, Sept. 5, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Oct. 21, 1915; Invalided to Eng- 
land, Nov. 6, 1915; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Jan. 11, 1916; Lance Cor- 
poral, Jan. 29, 1916; Acting Corporal, April 20, 1916; Acting Sergeant, 
May 30, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, Jan. 31, 1917; Wounded, 
LesFosses Farm, April 23, 1917; Invalided to England, May 15, 1917; 
Attached to Depot, Ayr, Sept. 6, 1917; Confirmed to Rank of Sergeant, 
April 27, 191S; Acting Company Sergeant Major, July 4, 1918; Con- 
firmed to Rank, Dec. 20, 1918; Embarked for Newfoundland, April 2, 
1919; Demobilized, St. John's, Mav 16, 1919. 



Frederick Walter Waterman Reg. No. 441 

Enlisted, Sept. 8, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
August 20, 1915; Lance Corporal, Sept. 20, 1915; Evacuated from 
Suvla, Dec. 16, 1915; Rejoined Battalion, Suez, Jan. 16, 1916; British 
Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, 
July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, July 3, 1916; Attached to Depot, 
Ayr, Sept. 5, 1916; Acting Corporal, Jan. 17, 1917; Returned to British 
Expeditionary Force, Feb. 10, 1917; Sergeant, March 14, 1917; 2d 
Lieutenant, May 1, 1917; Mentioned in despatches, April 7, 1918; Em- 
barked for Newfoundland, July 27, 1918; Returned to United King- 
dom, Oct. 12, 1918; Lieutenant, Nov. 1, 1918; British Expeditionary 
Force, Nov. 24, 1918; Assistant Adjutant, Jan. 16, 1919; Adjutant, 
April 29, 1919; Embarked for Newfoundland, May 22, 1919; Awarded 
Military Cross, June 3, 1919; Retired, St. John's, June 14, 1919. 



Francis Emilie Watts Reg. No. 71 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; Lance Corporal, July 30, 1917; Discharged, St. 
John's, medically unfit, Dec. 7, 191S. 





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James Pittman Watts 

Enlisted, Sept. 7, 1914; British Expeditionary Force, March 13, 1916 
Joined Battalion in France, April 8, 1916; Admitted to Hospital, July 
21, 1916; Rejoined Battalion, Sept. 1, 1916; Killed in action, Gueude- 
court, Oct. 12, 1916. 



Rupert King Watts 

Enlisted, Sept. 3, 1914; Lance Corporal, June 14, 1915; British Medi- 
terranean Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated to Hospital, 
Sept. 27, 1915; Died at 1st Australian Hospital, Mudros, Sept. 27, 
1915. 



Arthur Webber 



Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Oct. 26, 1915; Discharged from 
Hospital, Dec. 10, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 18, 1916, 
Joined Battalion, April 15, 1916; Lance Corporal, July 12, 1916; Cor- 
poral, Sept. 14, 1916; Sergeant, Nov. 23, 1916; Awarded Military Medal, 
Jan. 6, 1917; Wounded, Monchy, April 14, 1917; Invalided to England; 
April 21, 1917; Italian Bronze Medal, May 24, 1917; Repatriated to 
Newfoundland, March 12, 1918; Discharged, St. John's, medically unfit, 
April 18, 19 IS 





No. 236 





Alfred Wells Reg. No. 416 

Enlisted, Sept. 3, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Nov. 24, 1 9 1 5 ; Admitted to Hos- 
pital, Malta, Nov. 30, 1915; Rejoined Battalion, Suez, Jan. 26, 1916; 
Wounded, Somme raid, June 28, 1916; Invalided to England, July 1, 
1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Nov. 27, 1916; Embarked for Newfound- 
land, March 23, 1917; Discharged, St. John's, medically unfit, May 9, 
1917. 



William Emeel West Reg. No. 25 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, 
Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Returned to British Expeditionary 
Force, Dec. 30, 1916; Wounded, Jan. 27, 1917; Wounded, Marcoing, 
Nov. 20, 1917; Lance Corporal, July 12, 1918; Demobilized, St. John's, 
Feb. 15, 1919. 



Heber Wheeler Reg. No. 475 

Enlisted, Sept. 7, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Embarked 
for Newfoundland, Jan. 30, 1919; Demobilized, St. John's, March 13, 
1919. 








John Joseph Whelan Reg. No. 169 

Enlisted, Sept. 4, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Lance Corporal, Oct. 25, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, 
Dec. 22, 1915; Invalided to England, Jan. 2, 1916; Corporal, Feb. 15, 
1916; Acting Sergeant, March 30, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, 
Oct. 3, 1916; Wounded, LesFosses Farm, April 23, 1917; Invalided to 
England, May 1, 1917; Repatriated to Newfoundland, Feb. 23, 1918; 
Discharged, St. John's, medically unfit, Oct. 7, 1918. 



Michael Thomas Whelan Reg. No. 432 

Enlisted Sept. 8, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug '0 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Oct. 12, 1915; Invalided to Eng- 
land, Feb. 11, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, May 20, 1916; British Ex- 
peditionary Force, Aug. 24, 1916; Wounded, Gueudecourt, Oct. 12, 1916; 
Invalided to England, Oct. 19, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Dec. 13, 
1916; Repatriated to Newfoundland, Sept. 13, 1917; Discharged, St. 
John's, medically unfit, Feb. 5, 1918. 



Charles Edward White Reg. No. 171 

Enlisted Sept 4 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
W V 1915; Lance Corporal, Oct. 6, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, 
Nov 17* 1915; Invalided to England, Jan. 16, 1916; Acting Corporal, 
March 30 1916; Acting Sergeant, May 2, 1916; Acting Company Ser- 
jeant Major, Oct. 9, 1916; British Expeditionary Force Oct 11, 1916; 
Acting Company Sergeant Major, Dec. 5, 1916; Confirmed to Rank 
of Company Sergeant Major, Dec. 5, 1916; Confirmed to Rank of Regi- 
mental Sergeant Major, Dec. 5, 1916; Wounded, Monchy April 14, 
1917- Invalided to England, April 18, 1917; Returned to British Ex- 
peditionary Force, March 27, 1918; Acting Regimental Sergeant Major, 
Mav 3 1918; Confirmed to Rank of Regimental Sergeant Major, June 
30 1918- Returned to Newfoundland, furlough, July 27, 1918; Awarded 
Meritorious Service Medal, Jan. 18, 1919; Honorary 2nd Lieutenant, 
Feb. 15, 1919; Retired, St. John's, Feb. 15, 1919. 



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Dougald White Reg. No. 37 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force 
Nov. 14, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Trans- 
ferred to Depot, classified "Permanent Base," Dec. 30, 1916; Dis- 
charged, St. John's, medically unfit, Dec. 21, 1918. 





Edward White Reg. No. 486 

Enlisted, Sept. 11, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Nov. 7, 1915; Invalided to Eng- 
land, Jan. 14, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, May 2, 1916; British Ex- 
peditionary Force, Jan. 31, 1917; Admitted to Hospital, Rouen, Feb. 3, 
1917; Rejoined Battalion, Sept. 9, 1917; Admitted to Hospital, Sept. 27, 
1917; Invalided to England, Oct. 24, 1917; Attached to Depot, Ayr, 
Nov. 29, 1917; Embarked for Newfoundland, furlough, July 21, 191 
Demobilized, St. John's, Feb. 15, 1919. 



William White Reg. No. 345 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Killed in 
action, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916. 








John Williams Reg. No. 5 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; Lance Corporal, Sept. 21, 1914; Corporal, Nov. 
12, 1914; Sergeant, April 23, 1915; British Mediterranean Expeditionary 
Force, Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Dec. 2, 1915; Invalided to 
England, Dec. 20, 1915; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Feb. 5, 1916; 2nd 
Lieutenant, July 12, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, Oct. 8, 1916; 
Evacuated to Hospital, April 3, 1917; Invalided to England, May 8, 
1917; Attached to Depot, Ayr, July 14, 1917; Lieutenant, Jan. 12, 1918; 
Returned to British Expeditionary Force, Aug. 26, 1918; Rejoined Bat- 
talion, Aug. 28, 1918; Evacuated to Hospital, Sept. 13, 1918; Trans- 
ferred to United Kingdom, April 23, 1919; Embarked for Newfound- 
land, June 24, 1919; Retired, July 17, 1919. 



Roland Williams Reg. No. 10 

Enlisted, Sept. 2, 1914; Lance Corporal, April 21, 1915; British Medi- 
terranean Expeditionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; Corporal, Nov. 14, 1915; 
Evacuated from Suvla, Dec. 1, 1915; Invalided to England, Dec. 19, 
1915; Attached to Depot, Ayr, April 8, 1916; Sergeant, Oct. 27, 1916; 
Embarked for Newfoundland, furlough, July 21, 1918; Demobilized, St. 
John's, Feb. 15, 1919. 



Henry Kelso Wilson Reg. No. 305 

Enlisted, Sept. 7, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Evacuated 
to Hospital, March 30, 1916; Discharged to Base, April 26, 1916; Ad- 
mitted to Hospital, Rouen, May 21, 1916; Invalided to England, June 
1, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, June 25, 1916; Embarked for New- 
foundland, furlough, July 21, 1918; Demobilized, St. John's, Feb. 15, 
1919. 




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George Joseph Winslow Reg. No. 317 

Enlisted, Sept. 7, 1914; Lance Corporal, Dec. 8, 1914; Armourer, 
Dec. 18, 1914; Corporal, June 14, 1915; British Mediterranean Expedi- 
tionary Force, Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Sept. 29, 1915; 
Armourer Sergeant, Nov. 14, 1915; Joined Battalion, Jan. 15, 1916; 
Admitted to Hospital, Suez, March 7, 1916; Discharged to duty, 
May 14, 1916; Discharged to Marseilles from Egypt, May 27, 1916; 
Rejoined Battalion, June 30, 1916; Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, 
July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, July 3, 1916; Attached to Depot, 
Ayr, Oct. 7, 1916; Embarked for Newfoundland, May 18, 1917; At- 
tached for duty at Depot, St. John's, June 1, 1917; Demobilized 
St. John's, Feb. 8, 1919. 



Edgar Windsor Reg. No. 472 

Enlisted, Sept. 8, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Oct. 13, 1915; Invalided to 
England, Oct. 27, 1915; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Nov. 22, 1915; Lance 
Corporal, Dec. 5, 1915; Corporal, April 20, 1916; Acting Sergeant, 
Dec. 19, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, Aug. 5, 1917; Joined 
Battalion, Aug. 28, 1917; Killed in action, Broembeek, Oct. 9, 1917. 



Stanley Charles Windsor Reg. No. 301 

Enlisted, Sept. 8, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Dec. 14, 1915; Admitted to 
Hospital, Malta, Dec. 17, 1915; Invalided to England, March 29, 1916; 
Attached to Depot, Ayr, April 27, 1916; Lance Corporal, Oct. 13, 1916; 
British Expeditionary Force, Oct. 24, 1916; Rejoined Battalion, Nov. 18, 
1916; Wounded, Steenbeke, Aug. 20, 1917; Invalided to England, 
Aug. 31, 1917; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Dec. 12, 1917; Acting Corporal, 
May 20, 1918; Returned to Newfoundland, furlough, Aug. 21, 1918; 
Discharged, St. John's, medically unfit, Oct. 26, 1918. 




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Ernest Wood Reg. No. 29 

Enlisted, ■• Sept. 2, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Served with 1st Composite Battalion, Western Egyptian 
Frontier, Nov. 1915, to Feb. 1916; British Expeditionary Force, March 
2, 1916; Demobilized, St. John's, Feb. 15, 1919. 



Frank Woodford Reg. No. 364 

Enlisted, Sept. 5 ; 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Evacuated 
to Hospital, May 4, 1916; Rejoined Battalion, June 30, 1916; Killed 
in action, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916. 



Edward Wyatt Reg. No. 371 

Enlisted, Sept. 5, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Trans- 
ferred to 168th Machine Gun Company, Belgium, Sept. 2, 1916; 
Embarked for Newfoundland, furlough, Sept. 23, 191S; Demobilized, 
St. John's, Feb. 25, 1919. 



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Thomas Walter Wyatt Reg. No. 386 

Enlisted, Sept. 7, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Admitted to Hospital, Mudros, Oct. 25, 1915; Dis- 
charged to duty, Jan. 10, 1916; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 
1916; Wounded, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, 
July 4, 1916; Attached to Depot, Ayr, Oct. 3, 1916; Embarked for 
Newfoundland furlough, July 21, 1918; Discharged, St John's, medically 
unfit, Nov. 25, 1918. 



Gordon Bemister Yates Reg. No. 570 

Enlisted, Sept. 17, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; Evacuated from Suvla, Oct. 1, 1915; Admitted to 
Hospital, Cairo, Oct. 5, 1915; Rejoined Battalion, Suez, March 1, 1916; 
British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, Beaumont 
Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, Tuly 4, 1916; Attached to 
Depot, Ayr, Aug. 29, 1916; Embarked for Newfoundland, Sept. 27, 
1916; Discharged, St. John's, medically unfit, Jan. 26, 1917. 



Andrew Yetman Reg. No. 43 

Enlisted, Sept. 16, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force; 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, 
Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, July 3, 1916 
Repatriated to Newfoundland, July 10, 1917; Discharged, St. John's, 
medically unfit, June 14, 1918. 






William Yetman Reg. No. 610 

Enlisted, Sept. 28, 1914; British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 
Aug. 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Wounded, 
Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Invalided to England, July 3, 1916; 
Attached to Depot, Ayr, Aug. 8, 1916; Returned to British Expedi- 
tionary Force, April 25, 1917; Rejoined Battalion, July 7, 1917; Evac- 
uated to Hospital, Jan. 9, 1918; Discharged to Base Depot, Aug. 25, 
1918; Transferred to England, Sept. 2, 1918; Embarked for New- 
foundland, furlough, Sept. 7, 1918; Demobilized, St. John's, Feb. 25, 
1919. 




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The Editor desires to extend his heartiest thanks to all those who have 
assisted in any way in the publication of this volume, and in particular to : 

J. A. Clift, Esq., K. C. 

Lt.-Col. George Carty 

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S. O. Steele, Esq. 

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Battalion were not obtainable. Where the photographs were not obtained, 
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whose photograph does not accompany his military record, can have a 
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